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vatapás

vatapás is the plural of vatapá.

Meaning of vatapá

Noun

vatapá (plural vatapás)

  1. An Afro-Brazilian dish made with bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste.
    • 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.2011 January 11, Dave Cook, “Point Brazil”, in The New York Times

Questions about vatapás

What is vatapás the plural of?
Vatapás is the plural of vatapá.

Words near vatapás in the dictionary

  1. vatakkiruttal
  2. vatalanib
  3. vataman
  4. vatamans
  5. vatapá
  6. vatapás
  7. Vater
  8. Vater-Pacini corpuscle
  9. Vater-Pacini corpuscles
  10. vaterite
  11. vaterites

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