portogallo

See also: Portogallo

Italian

Alternative forms

• portugallo (dialectal)
• pertocallo (dialectal, Serrone)

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan [taronja de] Portugal, possibly via Neapolitan portogallo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por.toˈɡal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: por‧to‧gàl‧lo

Noun

portogallo m (plural portogalli) (dialectal, central-southern Italy, thence also literary)

1. sweet orange (fruit)

   Synonym: arancia

   • 1773, Vincenzo Corrado, Il cuoco galante, Naples: Stamperia Raimondana, page 186:

     Pesto il Cedro candito con portogallo candito e majorana, si scioglie con aceto, nel quale si farà bollire condito di spezie

     I crush the candied citron with the candied orange and marjoram, it is dissolved with vinegar, in which it will be boiled seasoned with spices

Descendants

• → Greek: πορτοκάλι (portokáli) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پورتقال (portokal) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “portogallo”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 13 perf–po, UTET, 1986, page 993ab
• portogallo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1272: “l'arancia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it