cunharapixara

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Nheengatu kunhã-rapixara (literally “similar to a woman”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.ɲa.ɾa.piˈʃa.ɾɐ/ [kũ.j̃a.ɾa.piˈʃa.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.ɲa.ɾa.piˈʃa.ɾɐ/ [kũ.j̃a.ɾa.piˈʃa.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɲa.ɾa.piˈʃa.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɲɐ.ɾɐ.piˈʃa.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɲɐ.ɾɐ.piˈʃa.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɲɐ.ɾɐ.piˈt͡ʃa.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: cu‧nha‧ra‧pi‧xa‧ra

Adjective

cunharapixara m or f (plural cunharapixaras)

1. (North Brazil) effeminate, lacking virility

Further reading

• “cunharapixara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025