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Where does “carapaça” come from?

carapaça (Portuguese) comes from French carapace, from Spanish carapacho — carapace, shell; Stew served in the shell of...

carapaça (Portuguese): carapace, shell

Definitions

  1. carapace, shell

Ancestry of “carapaça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarapaceshell
2Spanishcarapachocarapace, shell; Stew served in the shell of...

Words derived from “carapaça”

  • carapace
  • carapacial
  • calipash
  • carapaced
  • carapacelike
  • carapace
  • carapace
  • carapaça
  • karapaco
Every word from Spanish carapacho →