carrapicho

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of carrapito.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpi.ʃu/ [ka.haˈpi.ʃu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpi.ʃu/ [ka.χaˈpi.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpi.ʃo/ [ka.haˈpi.ʃo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁɐˈpi.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁɐˈpi.t͡ʃu/

Rhymes: -iʃu
Hyphenation: car‧ra‧pi‧cho

Noun

carrapicho m (plural carrapichos)

(botany) any plant of the Acanthospermum genus
Synonym: amor-de-burro
1. the seed of that plant
2. the fruit of that plant
bun, part of the hair lying on the back of the head
Synonym: coque
shaggy and hard-to-comb hair
(dialectal) whim
Synonym: capricho
Velcro
Synonym: velcro

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