xará

Meaning

Noun

1. (Brazil, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) namesake (person with the same name as another)
2. (Brazil, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, slang) bro; pal; mate (informal term of address)

Adj

which has curly hair

Concepts

namesake

doppelganger

homonym

Synonyms

homônimo

tocaio

homónimo

Translations

homonyme

Namensvetter

tocayo

omonimo

tocaya

adaş

colombroño

homónima

naamgenoot

homònim

Namensbruder

Namensschwester

ομώνυμος

سمى

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaˈɾa/

Etymology

Uncertain. Either borrowed from Old Tupi xe rera (“my name”) or xe rapixara (“my colleague”).