canarinha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈɾi.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.nɐˈɾi.ɲɐ/

Adjective

canarinha

1. feminine singular of canarinho

Noun

canarinha f (uncountable)

1. Brazil national football team

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canarinho, but in feminine form, because the word "selección" (national team) is feminine.

Noun

canarinha f (uncountable)

1. Brazil national football team
   • 2015 November 15, “Argentina completa el peor inicio de su historia en las eliminatorias”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Lo que a la canarinha debe preocuparle es que sigue sin rumbo como en su Mundial de 2014 y en la Copa América de Chile 2015.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)