pau de arara

Portuguese

sense 2

Parkia platycephala (sense 3)

Alternative forms

• pau-de-arara (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Literally, “macaw's perch”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw d͡ʒi aˈɾa.ɾɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯ d͡ʒi aˈɾa.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw d͡ʒi aˈɾa.ɾɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯ d͡ʒi aˈɾa.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw de aˈɾa.ɾa/ [ˈpaʊ̯ de aˈɾa.ɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw d‿ɐˈɾa.ɾɐ/ [ˈpaw ð‿ɐˈɾa.ɾɐ]

Noun

pau de arara m (plural paus de arara)

1. (Brazil, uncountable) torture method in which the victim's ankles and wrists are bound to a pole, widely used during the military dictatorship in Brazil
3. (Brazil) truck converted to carry passengers in the Northeast Region of Brazil
5. (botany) Parkia platycephala, a tree in the family Fabaceae native to Brazil
6. (botany) Salvertia convallariaeodora, a tree native to Brazil

   Synonym: moliana

Further reading

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