jupará
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi îupará.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ju‧pa‧rá
Noun edit
jupará m (plural juparás)
- kinkajou (Potos flavus)
- Synonyms: quincaju, macaco-da-meia-noite
- (broadly) olingo (any mammal of the genus Bassaricyon)
- Synonyms: olingo, gogó-de-sola
- (broadly) any mammal of the subfamily Potosinae
Usage notes edit
- The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “jupará-macho” for male, and “jupará-fêmea” for female.
Further reading edit
- jupará on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “jupará” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “jupará” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.