xerpa

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃɛr.pə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʃeɾ.pa]

Noun

xerpa m (plural xerpes)

Adjective

xerpa m or f (masculine and feminine plural xerpes)

Sherpa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sherpa.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛʁ.pɐ/ [ˈʃɛh.pɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛɾ.pɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛʁ.pɐ/ [ˈʃɛχ.pɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛɻ.pɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛʁ.pa/ [ˈʃɛh.pa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛɾ.pɐ/

Hyphenation: xer‧pa

Adjective

xerpa m or f (plural xerpas)

(relational) of the Sherpa

Noun

xerpa m or f (plural xerpas)

sherpa (member of an ethnic group)
sherpa (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)

Noun

xerpa m (uncountable)

Sherpa (language)

References

^ “xerpa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
^ “xerpa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026