igarapé

== English == === Alternative forms === igarape === Noun === igarapé (plural igarapés) A watercourse in the Amazon rainforest. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Tupi ygarapé, from Old Tupi ygara (“canoe”) + Old Tupi pé (“route”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛ === Noun === igarapé m (plural igarapés) (Brazil) a watercourse in the Amazon rainforest (North Brazil) brook, stream (small river) Synonym: riacho === References === “igarapé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN === Further reading === “igarapé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026