quipá
Portuguese, noun/kiˈpa/
quipá is spelled Q-U-I-P-Á (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quipá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “kippah; yarmulke (skullcap worn by Jewish males)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chapéu, boina, touca ou outra peça de vestuário utilizada pelos judeus tanto como símbolo da religião como…”.
What does quipá mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinekippah; yarmulke (skullcap worn by Jewish males)
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineTacinga inamoena (synonym Opuntia inamoena), a small cactus endemic to Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chapéu, boina, touca ou outra peça de vestuário utilizada pelos judeus tanto como símbolo da religião como símbolo de temor a Deus
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.
Forms of quipá
- quipás plural
- guibá alternative
- guipá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quipá?
- Brazil /kiˈpa/
- Portugal /kiˈpa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quipá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quipá in Portuguese?
quipá appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).