jupará

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îupará.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.paˈɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.pɐˈɾa/

Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: ju‧pa‧rá

Noun

jupará m (plural juparás)

kinkajou (Potos flavus)
Synonyms: quincaju, macaco-da-meia-noite
(broadly) olingo (any mammal of the genus Bassaricyon)
Synonyms: olingo, gogó-de-sola
(broadly) any mammal of the subfamily Potosinae

Usage notes

The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “jupará-macho” for male, and “jupará-fêmea” for female.

Further reading

jupará on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“jupará” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“jupará” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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