What does girassol in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word girassol in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use girassol in Portuguese.

The word girassol in Portuguese means sunflower, girassol, alcachofra-girassol, óleo de girassol, semente de girassol. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word girassol

sunflower

substantivo masculino (flor amarela)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

girassol

noun (plant) (planta)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
There were fields of sunflowers on either side of the road.

alcachofra-girassol

noun (root vegetable)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Once you plant some Jerusalem artichokes in your garden, it's very hard to get rid of them!

óleo de girassol

noun (oil obtained from sunflower seeds) (óleo obtido de girassol)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Fry the onion in sunflower oil until softened.

semente de girassol

noun (edible grain of the sunflower) (grão comestível de girassol)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Tania added sunflower seeds to her bread dough.

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