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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: a‧ca‧rá
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara.
Noun
acará m (plural acarás)
- (Brazil) acara (common name of various fish in the family Cichlidae)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà.
Noun
acará m (plural acarás)
- Alternative form of acarajé
References
- “acará”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “acará”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “acará”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “acará”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024