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pipa.

pipe (wooden barrel, especially for wine)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpi.pɐ/Brazil/ˈpi.pɐ/Portugal
  1. pipe (wooden barrel, especially for wine)

    feminine · masculine · nonstandard
  2. pipe (traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 400–550 liters)

    feminine · historical · masculine · nonstandard
  3. truckload (volume of a tanker)

    feminine · masculine · nonstandard
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pipa (“pipe”), from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip, to pipe”).

noun/ˈpi.pɐ/Brazil/ˈpi.pɐ/Portugal
  1. kite (flying toy on a string)

    Brazil · feminine · masculine · regional
    soltar pipa
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pipa (“pipe”), from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip, to pipe”).

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