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Portuguese
Etymology
From cipó (“liana”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: ci‧po‧al
Noun
cipoal m (plural cipoais)
- (ecology) a tangle of lianas
1978, Projeto Radam, Levantamento de recursos naturais: geologia, geomorfologia, solos, vegetação, uso potencial da terra, volume 16, page 551:Em áreas restritas se observa a dominância do cipoal sobre as formações florestais de palmeiras e de árvores emergentes.- In certain areas, the dominance of liana tangles over forest formations of palm tree and emergents can be observed.
- (Brazil, figurative) tangle; snarl; imbroglio (a tricky, complicated or messy situation that is hard to get out of)
1937, Plínio Ayrosa, Têrmos tupís no português do Brasil, Revista dos Tribunais, page 203:Transposto esse verdadeiro cipoal literario, em que o leitor encontra umas flexinhas simbólicas indicando o caminho que o autor acha de bom aviso seguir para evitar um possível “último apuro”, […]- Once past this true literary tangle, in which the reader finds some little arrow symbols that indicate the path that the author considers wise to follow in order to avoid a possible “final struggle”,