garoupa

garoupa

Portuguese

Etymology

Of debated origin: probably from an indigenous language of South America (perhaps Old Tupi).[1] Or, from Latin clupea (“type of herring”).[2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo(w).pɐ/ [ɡaˈɾo(ʊ̯).pɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo(w).pɐ/ [ɡaˈɾo(ʊ̯).pɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo(w).pa/ [ɡaˈɾo(ʊ̯).pa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾo(w).pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾo(w).pɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾo.pɐ/

Noun

garoupa f (plural garoupas)

1. grouper (large fish of the subfamily Epiphelinae)

References

1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
2. “garoupa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.