What does levedura in Portuguese mean?

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

The word levedura in Portuguese means yeast, fermento, lêvedo, levedura, levedura de cerveja, extrato de levedura. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word levedura

yeast

substantivo feminino (fermentação)

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

fermento, lêvedo

noun (bread: rising agent) (pão)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
You have to add leaven to the dough to make it rise.

levedura

noun (for beer)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
O cervejeiro acrescentou a levedura na mistura da cerveja.
The brewer added the yeast to the beer mixture.

levedura de cerveja

noun (yeast used to ferment beer)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Mixing brewer's yeast in sugar water will create CO² that attracts and drowns mosquitoes.

extrato de levedura

noun (food ingredient obtained from yeast)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

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