How to Say “Lupini Beans” in Portuguese

tremoços
The English phrase "lupini beans" is translated into Portuguese as tremoços.
tremoços refers to a type of bean that is typically soaked and salted to be eaten as a snack.

Which one should you use?

tremoço is the singular form.

Did you know?

  • While the beans are the star, they are almost always served with their hard outer skin still intact, requiring you to peel them by hand.
  • While they are a staple snack in Portugal and Brazil, the preparation of tremoços is a long process that can take several days of soaking and rinsing to remove bitter alkaloids.
  • When ordering them at a bar, you might ask for 'tremoços com uma imperial', which is a common way to pair these salty beans with a small draught beer.

Examples in context

  • Na loja de produtos naturais, eles vendem tremoços.
    In the natural products store, they sell lupini beans.
  • Ontem, comi uns tremoços deliciosos no bar.
    Yesterday, I ate some delicious lupini beans at the bar.
  • Vamos fazer uma tremoçada para o lanche da tarde.
    Let's make a lupini bean salad for afternoon snack.
  • Eu gosto de comer tremoços como petisco.
    I like to eat lupini beans as a snack.
  • Comprei um saco de tremoços no mercado.
    I bought a bag of lupini beans at the market.
  • Os tremoços estão muito salgados.
    The lupini beans are very salty.

Example conversation

Lucas and Camila are at a traditional Portuguese tavern.

  1. Lucas

    Camila, você gosta de tremoços?
    Camila, do you like lupini beans?
  2. Camila

    Sim, Lucas, eu gosto muito!
    Yes, Lucas, I like them a lot!
  3. Lucas

    Vou pedir uma porção para nós.
    I will order a portion for us.
  4. Camila

    Ótimo, é o petisco perfeito.
    Great, it is the perfect snack.
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