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Meaning of vatapá | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Português vatapá

Examples

“Overstuffed, inevitably, with vatapá, a creamy paste flavored with seafood and nuts; caruru de quiabo, an onion-and-ginger-laced okra gumbo; and bacalao salad. It’s a taste of Brazilian summer, down to the last licked finger.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Vătava Vater Vater-Pacini corpuscle vaterite vates vatful