o legume

vegetable

l ɨ ɡ u m ɨ

noun · masculine Rare #42,725

vegetable In Portuguese, this is a broad everyday term for vegetables, including some foods that English speakers may classify as fruit, such as tomatoes and eggplants.

PO: Comprei legumes para o jantar.

EN: I bought vegetables for dinner.

Declension of legume

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A berinjela é um legume.

Eggplant is a vegetable.

Que querem que eu faça com um legume desses?

What do you want me to do with a vegetable like that?

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

O tomate não é um legume.

Tomatoes are not vegetables.

A cana-de-açúcar é uma fruta ou um legume?

Is sugarcane a fruit or a vegetable?