catapora
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi tatá pora (“fire marks”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpɔ.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpɔ.ɾa/
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧po‧ra
Noun
catapora f (plural cataporas)
Further reading
- “catapora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “catapora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026