English Explanatory Dictionary

vatapá

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Afro-Brazilian dish made with bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste.

Word forms

vatapá vatapás

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese vatapá, from Yoruba ẹ̀bà Tápà (“pirão thickened in the style of the Nupe people”).

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