taboca

Meaning

1. (Brazil, feminine) bamboo
2. (Brazil, Northeast-Brazil, feminine) A bamboo bud filled with gunpowder, used as a homemade firecracker.
3. (Bahia, Brazil, feminine) A thin, dry biscuit, cylindrical in shape.
4. (Bahia, Brazil, feminine) A small shop or stall selling odds and ends.
5. (Brazil, feminine) deceit, fraud
6. (Brazil, feminine) An ant of the species Camponotus atriceps.
7. (Brazil, feminine) synonym of castanha (Umbrina coroides, a species of fish)

Concepts

bamboo

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Synonyms

bambu

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cana-brava

taquara

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flecha

Translations

bambou

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bamboe

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bambú

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bambú

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bambù

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μπαμπού

bambu

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Bambus

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Indisch riet

İngiliz kamışı

Bambusrohr

καλάμι

ινδοκάλαμο

ξύλο μπαμπού

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taˈbɔ.kɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi taboka (“type of bamboo”).