carrapicho

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of carrapito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpi.ʃu/ [ka.haˈpi.ʃu]

• (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/

• (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)

1. (botany) any plant of the Acanthospermum genus

   Synonym: amor-de-burro

   1. the seed of that plant
   2. the fruit of that plant
2. bun, part of the hair lying on the back of the head

   Synonym: coque

3. shaggy and hard-to-comb hair
4. (dialectal) whim

   Synonym: capricho

5. Velcro

   Synonym: velcro