marmita
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
marmita f (plural marmites)
- a large metal cooking pot
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “marmita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -itɐ
- Hyphenation: mar‧mi‧ta
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French marmite (“pot”).
Noun
marmita f (plural marmitas)
- lunchbox
- (by extension) a meal transported inside a lunchbox
- (informal) prostitute
- (geology) giant's kettle
- (Brazil, colloquial) belly
Derived terms
- marmita de Papin
- marmiteiro
- passado da marmita
- passar-se da marmita
- porta-marmita
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
marmita f (plural marmitas)
- diminutive of marma
References
- “marmita”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “marmita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “marmita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
marmita f (plural marmitas)
- steam kettle, jacketed kettle
- pressure cooker
- Synonyms: olla a presión, olla de presión
- soup kettle, cauldron
- (geology) giant's kettle
Related terms
Further reading
- “marmita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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