tapera

See also: Tapera and tàpera

French

Verb

tapera

1. third-person singular future of taper

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi tapera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈpɛ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

Noun

tapera f (plural taperas)

1. ruin; old, abandoned house

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní [Term?].

Noun

tapera f (plural taperas)

1. (South America) a ruin or an old, abandoned house

Further reading

• “tapera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014