xepa
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃe.pɐ/
- Rhymes: -epɐ
- Hyphenation: xe‧pa
Noun
xepa f (plural xepas) (Brazil)
- military ration
- food leftover
- food that, in markets, is sold for a lower price when it is about to expire
- paper collected to be sold to cellulose manufacturers
- used newspaper that is sold again
- butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
Further reading
- “xepa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “xepa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025