vatapá
Portuguese, noun/va.taˈpa/
vatapá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vatapá (Afro-Brazilian dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comida típica da culinária baiana que mistura camarão seco, peixe, leite de coco, azeite de dendê…”.
What does vatapá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevatapá (Afro-Brazilian dish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comida típica da culinária baiana que mistura camarão seco, peixe, leite de coco, azeite de dendê, castanha-de-caju e condimentos, numa massa pastosa à base de pão amolecido ou de farinha de mandioca.
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 vatapá
- vatapás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vatapá?
- Brazil /va.taˈpa/
- Portugal /vɐ.tɐˈpa/
- Portugal /bɐ.tɐˈpa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vatapá in Portuguese?
vatapá appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).