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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Either borrowed from Old Tupi xe rera (“my name”) or xe rapixara (“my colleague”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: xa‧rá

Noun

xará m or f by sense (plural xarás)

  1. (Brazil) namesake (person with the same name as another)
    Synonyms: tocaio, homónimo, homônimo
  2. (Brazil, slang) bro; pal; mate (informal term of address)
    Synonyms: cara, mano, companheiro, bróder

Noun

xará m (plural xarás)

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) country ballet

Adjective

xará m or f (plural xarás)

  1. (Brazil) which has curly hair

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “apixara”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 256
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