juçara

See also: Juçara

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi yi'sara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuˈsa.ɾɐ/

Noun

juçara f (plural juçaras) (Brazil)

1. A person whose racial make-up is approximately one-third Amerindian, one-third Black, and one-third white.

   Hypernym: pardo

2. A South American palm, Euterpe edulis.

   Synonym: açaí-do-sul

3. (loosely) Synonym of açaí

References

• Mário de Andrade (1944) Macunaíma‎^[1], volume 4, [S.l.]: Livraria Martins editora

Further reading

• juçara on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• juçara (etnia) on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “juçara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “juçara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024