garoupa

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Portuguese

Etymology

Of debated origin: probably from an indigenous language of South America (perhaps Old Tupi).^[1] Or, from Latin clupea (“type of herring”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo(w).pɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo(w).pa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾo(w).pɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾow.pɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾo.pɐ/

Rhymes: -owpɐ, (with w-dropping) -opɐ
Hyphenation: ga‧rou‧pa

Noun

garoupa f (plural garoupas)

grouper (large fish of the subfamily Epiphelinae)
(Brazil, slang) a R$100 bill, which bears the image of a grouper
Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:dinheiro
- 2010, Saulo Ribeiro, Ponto Morto‎, 2 edition, Vitória: Cousa, published 2016, →ISBN, page 34:
  Coloquei duas garoupas na mão dele, levantei para sair.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
^ “garoupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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