"tapa" meaning in Portuguese

See tapa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈta.pɐ/ Forms: tapas [plural]
Rhymes: -apɐ Etymology: Ellipsis of tapa-boca. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|pt|tapa-boca}} Ellipsis of tapa-boca Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|g2=f|g2_qual=Portugal|g_qual=Brazil}} tapa (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural tapas)
  1. a slap Tags: Brazil, Portugal, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-noun-IS6MmJUJ
  2. (informal) argument without a replica Tags: Brazil, Portugal, feminine, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-noun-G9dPlXZW
  3. (Brazil, slang) discrete marijuana use Tags: Brazil, Portugal, feminine, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-noun-BtCg4rlr Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese ellipses, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Portuguese ellipses: 10 11 79 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 17 18 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: estapear, pescotapa, tapão, tapear, tapinha
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈta.pɐ/ Forms: tapas [plural]
Rhymes: -apɐ Etymology: Deverbal from tapar, from Gothic *tappa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Italian tappare. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|pt|tapar}} Deverbal from tapar, {{der|pt|got|*tappa}} Gothic *tappa, {{der|pt|gem-pro|*tappô||plug, tap}} Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”), {{cog|it|tappare}} Italian tappare Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} tapa f (plural tapas)
  1. tampion (plug for the muzzle of a gun) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-noun-ACHinfs6
  2. (Brazil) a blindfold for a stubborn mule or horse Tags: Brazil, feminine
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-noun-WAy8cwGx Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese deverbals Disambiguation of Portuguese deverbals: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈta.pɐ/
Rhymes: -apɐ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} tapa
  1. inflection of tapar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: tapar
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-verb-kJevDsPA Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 0 1 19 3 12 52 12
  2. inflection of tapar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: tapar
    Sense id: en-tapa-pt-verb-RnYhy83V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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}

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