carapaça

Portuguese
carapaça

Etymology

Borrowed from French carapace, from Spanish carapacho.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈpa.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈpa.sa/

  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pa‧ça

Noun

carapaça f (plural carapaças)

  1. carapace, shell

References
  1. “carapaça” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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