caipirinha

See also: Caipirinha

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/

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Noun

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 The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 September 2020:

     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, archived from the original on 8 November 2020:

     The caipirinha isn’t too far removed from its warm-weather drinking buddies, the margarita and daiquiri.

Derived terms

• caipiroska
• caipivodka

Translations

traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: caipirinha
• French: caïpirinha (fr) f
• Galician: caipiriña (gl) f
• German: Caipirinha (de) m or f
• Japanese: カイピリーニャ (kaipirīnya)
• Portuguese: caipirinha (pt) f
• Russian: кайпири́нья (ru) f (kajpirínʹja)
• Spanish: caipiriña (es) f
• Swedish: caipirinha c

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese caipira

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Old Galician-Portuguese -ỹo

Portuguese -inho

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Latin -am

Old Galician-Portuguese -a

Portuguese -a

Portuguese -inha

Portuguese caipirinha

From caipira (“hillbilly”) + -inha.

Pronunciation

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaj.piˈɾi.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: cai‧pi‧ri‧nha

Noun

caipirinha f (plural caipirinhas)

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

Derived terms

• caipifruta
• caipireja

Related terms

• caipiroska

Noun

caipirinha m or f by sense (plural caipirinhas)

1. (Brazil) diminutive of caipira

Further reading

• “caipirinha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caipirinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Noun

caipirinha c

1. caipirinha (drink)