alpercata

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.peʁˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.pehˈka.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.peʁˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.pehˈka.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.peɾˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.peɾˈka.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.peʁˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.peχˈka.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.peɻˈka.ta/ [aʊ̯.peɻˈka.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.pɨɾˈka.tɐ/ [aɫ.pɨɾˈka.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧per‧ca‧ta

Noun

alpercata f (plural alpercatas)

1. Alternative form of alpargata
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fuga [Escape]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 188:

     Os pés callosos, duros como cascos, mettidos em alpercatas novas, caminhariam mezes.

     His callous feet, hard as hooves, shoved into new espadrilles, would walk for months.