aguapé

See also: aguape

Portuguese

aguapé

Etymology

From Old Tupi agûapé (“water hyacinth”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaˈpɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwɐˈpɛ/ [a.ɣwɐˈpɛ]

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: a‧gua‧pé

Noun

aguapé m (plural aguapés) (Brazil)

1. common water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
2. (broadly) any water plant of the family Pontederiaceae

   Synonym: (Portugal) jacinto-de-água

3. (by extension) common name of various water plants:
   1. fringed water-lily (Nymphoides peltata)
   2. water-shield (Brasenia schreberi)
   3. (Minas Gerais) burhead (Echinodorus grandiflorus)
   4. (Minas Gerais) California arrowhead (Sagittaria montevidensis)
   5. (Minas Gerais) Kariba weed (Salvinia molesta)
4. (by extension) the floating mat that these plants make over water bodies

Derived terms

• aguapé-branco
• aguapé-cheiroso
• aguapé-da-meia-noite
• aguapezal

 

Further reading

• “aguapé”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “aguapé”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “aguapé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “aguapé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “aguapé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Verb

aguapé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of aguapar