vatapá

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese vatapá, from Yoruba ẹ̀bà Tápà (pirão thickened in the style of the Nupe people).

Noun

vatapá (plural vatapás)

  1. An Afro-Brazilian dish made with bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste.
    • 2011 January 11, Dave Cook, “Point Brazil”, in The New York Times:
      Overstuffed, inevitably, with vatapá, a creamy paste flavored with seafood and nuts; caruru de quiabo, an onion-and-ginger-laced okra gumbo; and bacalao salad. It’s a taste of Brazilian summer, down to the last licked finger.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba ẹ̀bà Tápà (pirão thickened in the style of the Nupe people).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: va‧ta‧pá

Noun

vatapá m (plural vatapás)

  1. vatapá (Afro-Brazilian dish)
    • 1976, Dorival Caymmi (lyrics and music), “Vatapá”, in Gal Canta Caymmi, performed by Gal Costa:
      Com qualquer dez mil réis e uma nega, ô / Se faz um vatapá, se faz um vatapá / E que bom vatapá
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