"acara" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑːkəˈɹɑː/ Forms: acaras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese acará, borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|pt-BR:acará<id:acara>|id=cichlid|text=++}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "acara", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "acara", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "acara", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Tupi-Guarani", "term" : "*akara", "lang" : "tup-gua-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Tupi", "term" : "akará", "lang" : "tpw" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Brazilian Portuguese", "term" : "acará", "lang" : "pt-BR" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "acara", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="cichlid" data-lang="en" data-title="acara" id="English:_cichlid"> Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese acará, borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara. Head templates: {{en-noun}} acara (plural acaras)
  1. Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae. Derived forms: blue acara, zebra acara
    Sense id: en-acara-en-noun-G6LBllLF Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Cichlids, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 22 49 2 0 0 2 0 1 18 2 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 49 1 0 0 2 0 1 19 1 0 0 2

Inflected forms

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