aguapé

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See also: aguape

Portuguese[edit]

aguapé

Etymology[edit]

From Old Tupi awa'pé (water hyacinth).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: a‧gua‧pé

Noun[edit]

aguapé m (plural aguapés)

  1. (Brazil) common water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
    Synonym: (Portugal) jacinto-de-água
  2. (Brazil, by extension) common name of various water plants:
    1. any water plant of the family Pontederiaceae
    2. fringed water-lily (Nymphoides peltata)
    3. water-shield (Brasenia schreberi)
    4. (Minas Gerais) burhead (Echinodorus grandiflorus)
    5. (Minas Gerais) California arrowhead (Sagittaria montevidensis)
    6. (Minas Gerais) Kariba weed (Salvinia molesta)
  3. (Brazil, by extension) the floating mat that these plants make over water bodies

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Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

aguapé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of aguapar