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Meaning of Pimento | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
pɪˈmɛntəʊ

Definitions

  1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
  2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.
  3. The tree on which it grows.

Equivalents

Български бахар
Bosanski paprika
Deutsch Piment
Español pimentón
Gaeilge pimeantó
Hrvatski paprika
Íslenska allrahanda
Italiano pimento pimentò
Português pimento
Српски paprika

Examples

“In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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