xarope

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɔpi
  • Hyphenation: xa‧ro‧pe

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Compare Spanish jarabe and Catalan xarop.

Noun

xarope m (plural xaropes)

  1. syrup
    1. (by extension, Brazil, colloquial) a food or drink that is too sweet
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) homemade remedy; tisane
    Synonym: tisana
  3. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) A person who is mentally ill or insane
    Synonyms: retardado, biruta, lelé
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) laxative
    Synonym: laxante
  5. (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) bore (something dull or uninteresting)

Adjective

xarope m or f (plural xaropes)

  1. (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) boring

Descendants

  • → Konkani: शारोप (śārop)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

xarope

  1. inflection of xaropar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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