caipirinha

English

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Etymology

From Portuguese caipirinha

Noun

caipirinha (plural caipirinhas)

1. A traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar and ice
   • 2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, New York Times:

     They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”

Translations

a traditional Brazilian drink

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱匹林納雞尾酒 (cmn), 凯匹林纳鸡尾酒 (cmn) (kǎipǐlínnà jīwěijiǔ)

• Finnish: caipirinha (fi)
• French: caïpirinha (fr) f
• German: Caipirinha (de) m

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: caipirinha (pt) f
• Russian: кайпиринья (ru) (kajpirín'ja) f 
• Spanish: caipiriña (es) f
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

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Portuguese

Etymology

Diminutive of caipira (“hillbilly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kajpiˈriɲa/, X-SAMPA: /kajpi"riJa/

Noun

caipirinha f (plural caipirinhas)

1. Traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar and ice.
2. Diminutive of caipira