tapera

See also: Tapera and tàpera

French

Verb

tapera

1. third-person singular future of taper

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtapəra/ [ˈt̪a.pə.ra]
• Rhymes: -apəra
• Syllabification: ta‧pe‧ra

Noun

tapera (plural tapera-tapera)

1. (finance, real estate) Acronym of tabungan perumahan rakyat (“public housing savings”).

Further reading

• “tapera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi tapera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

Noun

tapera f (plural taperas)

1. ruin; old, abandoned house

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní [Term?].

Noun

tapera f (plural taperas)

1. (South America) a ruin or an old, abandoned house

Further reading

• “tapera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10