carapau

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === carapao (obsolete) === Etymology === Unknown origin. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pau === Noun === carapau m (plural carapaus) Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus, a fish of the northeast Atlantic) Synonym: chicharro (Portugal, Azores) blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo, a fish of the northeastern Atlantic) (Brazil) blue runner (Caranx crysos, a fish of the Atlantic) (Brazil) horse-eye jack (Caranx latus, a fish of subtropical South Atlantic) (Brazil) Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus, a fish of the Atlantic) (Brazil) mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus, a fish found is most oceans) (Brazil) round scad (Decapterus punctatus, a fish of the Atlantic) (slang) stick (very thin person) Synonyms: magrelo, vara ==== Derived terms ==== carapau de corrida === Further reading === “carapau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carapau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026