pirapitinga
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) + piting (“spotted”) + -a.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧pi‧tin‧ga
Noun
[edit]pirapitinga m (plural pirapitingas)
- (Brazil) a freshwater fish from South American rivers (Piaractus brachypomus)
References
[edit]- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013