várzea

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʁ.ze.ɐ/ [ˈvaɦ.ze.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɾ.ze.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʁ.ze.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɻ.ze.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɾ.zjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ.zjɐ/

Hyphenation: vár‧ze‧a

Noun

várzea f (plural várzeas)

(geography) floodplain (a plain adjacent to a river that experiences flooding)
Synonyms: vargem, planície de inundação
plain (large flat area)
Synonyms: planície, vereda
(Brazil) Synonym of futebol de várzea (“soccer played informally, with relaxed or arbitrary rules”)

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