alpercata

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.peʁˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.pehˈka.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.peɾˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.peɾˈka.tɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.peʁˈka.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.peχˈka.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.peɻˈka.ta/ [aʊ̯.peɻˈka.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.pɨɾˈka.tɐ/ [aɫ.pɨɾˈka.tɐ]

Hyphenation: al‧per‧ca‧ta

Noun

alpercata f (plural alpercatas)

alternative form of alpargata
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fuga [Escape]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 188:
  Os pés callosos, duros como cascos, mettidos em alpercatas novas, caminhariam mezes.
  His callous feet, hard as hooves, shoved into new espadrilles, would walk for months.