serapilheira

Portuguese

Alternative forms

serrapilheira
sarapilheira

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sirpicularia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾa.piˈʎe(j).ɾɐ/ [se.ɾa.piˈʎe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾa.piˈʎe(j).ɾa/ [se.ɾa.piˈʎe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɐ.piˈʎɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɐ.piˈʎej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɐ.piˈʎej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɐ.piˈʎe.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: se‧ra‧pi‧lhei‧ra

Noun

serapilheira f (plural serapilheiras)

hessian, burlap (strong, coarse cloth used to make sacks)
Synonym: aniagem

Further reading

“serapilheira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“serapilheira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025