garoupa
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of debated origin: probably from an indigenous language of South America (perhaps Old Tupi).[1] Or, from Latin clupea (“type of herring”).[2]
Noun[edit]
garoupa f (plural garoupas)
- grouper (large fish of the subfamily Epiphelinae)
References[edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ “garoupa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.