Tarrafal

English

Etymology

From Portuguese tarrafes (“dominant on the sandy shores”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑːɹəˈfɑːl/

Proper noun

Tarrafal

1. A city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; seat of the municipality of Tarrafal.

Related terms

• tarrafalense

Kabuverdianu

Proper noun

Tarrafal

1. (Santiago, São Vicente) Tarrafal (a city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; seat of the municipality of Tarrafal)

Related terms

• tarrafalensi (Badiu)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.ʁaˈfaw/ [ta.haˈfaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.ʁaˈfaw/ [ta.haˈfaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ta.ʁaˈfaw/ [ta.χaˈfaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ʁɐˈfal/ [tɐ.ʁɐˈfaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ʁɐˈfal/ [tɐ.ʁɐˈfaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ʁɐˈfa.li/

• Hyphenation: Tar‧ra‧fal

Proper noun

Tarrafal m

1. Tarrafal (a city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; seat of the municipality of Tarrafal)

Related terms

• tarrafalense

See also

• Tarrafal de Monte Trigo
• Tarrafal de São Nicolau