igarapé

See also: igarape and Igarapé

English

Alternative forms

• igarape

Noun

igarapé (plural igarapés)

1. A watercourse in the Amazon rainforest.

Portuguese

Um igarapé

Etymology

From Old Tupi ygarapé, from Old Tupi ygara (canoe) + Old Tupi pé (route).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ɡɐ.ɾɐˈpɛ/ [i.ɣɐ.ɾɐˈpɛ]

• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

igarapé m (plural igarapés)

1. (Brazil) a watercourse in the Amazon rainforest
2. (North Brazil) brook, stream (small river)

   Synonym: riacho

References

• “igarapé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN