jangada

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English

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Etymology

From Portuguese jangada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/, /d͡ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/

Noun

jangada (plural jangadas)

  1. A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
    • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 143:
      We went out into the bay on Paulo's jangada and I dived into the clear water and struck off some distance, then floated and looked back at the handsome boat.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jangada, from Malayalam ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ).

Pronunciation

Noun

jangada f (plural jangades)

  1. an improvised raft made from the wreckage of a sailing ship
  2. jangada

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French

Noun

jangada f (plural jangadas)

  1. jangada

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ),[1] from Sanskrit संघाट (saṃghāṭa).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: jan‧ga‧da

Noun

jangada f (plural jangadas)

  1. raft (flat makeshift watercraft)
    Synonym: balsa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: jangada
  • English: jangada
  • Spanish: jangada

References

  1. ^ jangada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jangada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xanˈɡada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: jan‧ga‧da

Noun

jangada f (plural jangadas)

  1. a kind of sailing raft found in northern Brazil

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