caipirinha

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caipirinha (literally “little hillbilly”).

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Noun

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caipirinha (plural caipirinhas)

  1. A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.
    • 2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”
    • 2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
      Oh, no! Oh, no! Aunt Hoda got into the caipirinha supply. Everybody, watch yourself, she gets grabby.
    • 2016 August 9, Robert Simonson, “How to make a caipirinha, the Brazilian cocktail that could unseat the margarita”, in The Guardian‎[2], →ISSN:
      The caipirinha isn’t too far removed from its warm-weather drinking buddies, the margarita and daiquiri.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From caipira (“hillbilly”) +‎ -inha.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaj.piˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [kaɪ̯.piˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaj.piˈɾi.ɲa/ [kaɪ̯.piˈɾi.ɲa]

  • Hyphenation: cai‧pi‧ri‧nha

Noun

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caipirinha f (plural caipirinhas)

  1. caipirinha (traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar and ice)

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caipirinha m or f by sense (plural caipirinhas)

  1. (Brazil) diminutive of caipira

Swedish

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caipirinha c

  1. caipirinha (drink)
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