aguapé

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See also: aguape

Portuguese

aguapé

Etymology

From Old Tupi agûapé (“water hyacinth”).

Pronunciation

  • 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

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Spanish

Verb

aguapé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of aguapar
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