Where it is said
- the South· strongly associated — All xepa occurrences came from the South, excluding Porto Alegre.
How it is used
A southern cigarette-butt sense: all xepa responses in this ALiB capital sample came from the South, though none came from Porto Alegre. It is separate from xepa meaning market leftovers.
Examples
Só restou uma xepa apagada no cinzeiro.
Only an extinguished cigarette butt remained in the ashtray.
O gari recolheu a xepa da calçada.
The street cleaner picked up the cigarette butt from the pavement.