xepa

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.pɐ/

• Rhymes: -epɐ
• Hyphenation: xe‧pa

Noun

xepa f (plural xepas) (Brazil)

1. military ration
2. food leftover
3. food that, in markets, is sold for a lower price when it is about to expire
4. paper collected to be sold to cellulose manufacturers
5. used newspaper that is sold again
6. butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)

   Synonyms: beata, bituca, guimba, prisca

Further reading

• “xepa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “xepa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “xepa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “xepa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025