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Etymology

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From Portuguese jangada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/, /d͡ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/

Noun

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jangada (plural jangadas)

  1. A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
    • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 143:
      We went out into the bay on Paulo's jangada and I dived into the clear water and struck off some distance, then floated and looked back at the handsome boat.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese jangada, from Malayalam ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ).

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Noun

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jangada f (plural jangades)

  1. an improvised raft made from the wreckage of a sailing ship
  2. jangada

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French

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Noun

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jangada f (plural jangadas)

  1. jangada

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malayalam ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ),[1] from Sanskrit संघाट (saṃghāṭa).

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  • Hyphenation: jan‧ga‧da

Noun

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jangada f (plural jangadas)

  1. raft (flat makeshift watercraft)
    Synonym: balsa

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: jangada
  • English: jangada
  • Spanish: jangada

References

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  1. ^ jangada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese jangada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xanˈɡada/ [xãŋˈɡa.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: jan‧ga‧da

Noun

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jangada f (plural jangadas)

  1. a kind of sailing raft found in northern Brazil

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