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tapear.

to trick, to fool

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ta.piˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[ta.piˈa(h)]Brazil/taˈpja(ʁ)/Brazil[taˈpja(h)]Brazil

  1. to trick, to fool

    Brazil · informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese tapa Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izāre Old Galician-Portuguese -ear Portuguese -ear Portuguese tapear From tapa + -ear.

verb/ta.piˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[ta.piˈa(h)]Brazil/taˈpja(ʁ)/Brazil[taˈpja(h)]Brazil

  1. alternative form of tapetar (“to carpet”)

    Mozambique · alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

An alteration of tapetar.

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