arapuca

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Língua Geral Amazônica gûyrapuka (“bird trap”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ukɐ Hyphenation: a‧ra‧pu‧ca === Noun === arapuca f (plural arapucas) (Brazil) a type of trap, used to catch birds or other small animals Synonyms: arataca, urupuca, (trap) armadilha, cilada (Brazil, figurative) any trick designed to catch someone in a general sense; a trap Synonym: armadilha === Further reading === “arapuca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “arapuca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “arapuca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026