cachaca

See also: cachaça

English

Noun

cachaca (countable and uncountable, plural cachacas)

1. Alternative form of cachaça
   • 2007 March 9, Mike Sula, “Diversify Your Larder”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Pepe's Food & Liquor (2333 N. Western, 773-278-8756) appears to be your standard neighborhood liquor and sundries store, but it also carries a small stock of Brazilian goods, most importantly two kinds of cachaca, the rumlike sugarcane liquor critical to caipirinhas and batidas.

   • 1997 March 7, Don Rose, “Restaurant Tours: Rio rules at Rhumba”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Though Rhumba has a fine selection of wines, including many by the glass, a good before-dinner bet is Brazil's classic cocktail, the caipirinha, made from a special rumlike drink called cachaca with sugar and sliced limes ($5).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaka/ [kaˈt͡ʃa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ca‧cha‧ca

Noun

cachaca f (plural cachacas)

1. (Peru, derogatory) female equivalent of cachaco: female police officer
2. (Paraguay)a style of cumbia from Paraguay

Adjective

cachaca

1. feminine singular of cachaco

Further reading

• “cachaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28