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Noun
várzea f (plural várzeas)
- (geography) floodplain (a plain adjacent to a river that experiences flooding)
- Synonyms: vargem, planície de inundação
2024 May 10, Monica Prestes, “Tubulação suspensa coleta esgoto de palafitas em Manaus”, in Folha de S.Paulo:No cenário urbano de Manaus, a mais populosa cidade da Amazônia, sétima do Brasil, milhares de pessoas vivem em palafitas, moradias tradicionais de áreas de várzea, sustentadas por estacas cravadas no solo— que, quando não está alagado, fica coberto de lixo e dejetos de todo tipo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- plain (large flat area)
- Synonyms: planície, vereda
- (Brazil) Synonym of futebol de várzea (“soccer played informally, with relaxed or arbitrary rules”)
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