igarapé
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]igarapé (plural igarapés)
- A watercourse in the Amazon rainforest.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Tupi ygarapé, from Old Tupi ygara (canoe) + Old Tupi pé (route).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛ
Noun
[edit]igarapé m (plural igarapés)
- (Brazil) a watercourse in the Amazon rainforest
- (North Brazil) brook, stream (small river)
- Synonym: riacho
References
[edit]- “igarapé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN
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