cachaça

See also: cachaca

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cachaça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈʃɑː.sə/
• Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧ça

Noun

cachaça (countable and uncountable, plural cachaças)

1. a Brazilian rum made of sugar cane juice. It is one of the ingredients of caipirinha

Translations

rum

• Japanese: カシャッサ (kashassa)
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• Portuguese: cachaça (pt) f, pinga (pt) f (slang)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from cachaço (“boar”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa.sa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃa.sɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃa.sɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃa.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧ça

Noun

cachaça f (plural cachaças)

1. cachaça (a type of Brazilian rum)

   Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cana, (Rio Grande do Sul) canha, pinga

2. (Brazil, informal) any alcoholic beverage, especially a distilled spirit; booze; grog

Related terms

• cachaçada
• cachaçaria
• cachaceiro
• encachaçado
• encachaçar

 

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈt͡ʃaθa/ [kaˈt͡ʃa.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaˈt͡ʃasa/ [kaˈt͡ʃa.sa]

Noun

cachaça m (plural cachaças)

1. cachaça