Rio de Janeiro, the Southeast
/aj.ˈpĩ/eye-PEEMnoun
cassava
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In Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo this is the everyday word for sweet cassava, and it is heard in parts of the South too. It is understood well beyond that area; mandioca is the safe nationwide alternative.
No Rio, muita gente chama mandioca de aipim.
In Rio, many people call cassava aipim.
Regional patterns, not hard borders. A word may be used outside the highlighted area, and multiple words can coexist in the same region. Falando highlights the strongest and most useful patterns from its sources.
I bought cassava to make purée.
A palavra aipim varia conforme a região.
The word aipim varies by region.
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