Etymology

vatapá

Today it means: An Afro-Brazilian dish made with bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese vatapá ← Yoruba ẹ̀bà Tápà
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The story

  1. Yoruba · derived fromẹ̀bà Tápà“pirão thickened in the style of the Nupe people”
  2. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed fromvatapá
  3. English todayvatapá

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.