igara

Galician

Verb

igara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of igar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi ygara.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡa.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡa.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡa.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡa.ɾɐ/ [iˈɣa.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: i‧ga‧ra

Noun

igara f (plural igaras)

1. (Brazil) A flat-bottomed, single-piece canoe carved from a tree trunk with an elevated stern.

   Synonym: ubá

2. (Brazil, loosely) Any vessel.

References

• “igara”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “igara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “igara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “igara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡá.ɾá/

Noun

ìgárá

1. robber

   Synonyms: ọlọ́ṣà, adigunjalè