xarope
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔpi
- Hyphenation: xa‧ro‧pe
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Compare Spanish jarabe and Catalan xarop.
Noun edit
xarope m (plural xaropes)
- syrup
- (by extension, Brazil, colloquial) a food or drink that is too sweet
- (Brazil, colloquial) homemade remedy; tisane
- Synonym: tisana
- (Brazil, colloquial) laxative
- Synonym: laxante
- (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) bore (something dull or uninteresting)
Adjective edit
xarope m or f (plural xaropes)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
xarope
- inflection of xaropar:
Further reading edit
- “xarope” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “xarope” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “xarope” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.