lava-pés
Portuguese, noun/ˌla.vɐˈpɛ(j)s/
lava-pés is spelled L-A-V-A-P-É-S (7 letters). Lava-pés is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “maundy (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of lava-pé. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cerimônia católica, na quinta-feira santa, em que a liturgia imita o ato de Jesus lavar os pés dos discípulos”.
What does lava-pés mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaundy (ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors)
noun
- 1
feminineellipsis of formiga-lava-pés (“fire ant”)
noun
- 1
plural of lava-pé
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cerimônia católica, na quinta-feira santa, em que a liturgia imita o ato de Jesus lavar os pés dos discípulos 2. na Amazônia, momento em que os rios, em fins de abril e em maio, produzem repiquetes com o aumento da vazão 3. a formiga lava-pé
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce lava-pés?
- Brazil /ˌla.vɐˈpɛ(j)s/
- Brazil [ˌla.vɐˈpɛ(ɪ̯)s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lava-pés
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.