arapuca
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi ûyrá puka (“bird trap”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ukɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧ra‧pu‧ca
Noun
[edit]arapuca f (plural arapucas)
- (Brazil) a type of trap, used to catch birds or other small animals
- (Brazil, figurative) any trick designed to catch someone in a general sense; a trap
- Synonym: armadilha
- Aha! Ela caiu na minha arapuca!
- Aha! She fell for my trap!
Further reading
[edit]- “arapuca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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