caipirinha

See also: Caipirinha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caipirinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/

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”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

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Related terms

• caipiroska

Translations

a traditional Brazilian drink

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: caipirinha
• French: caïpirinha (fr) f
• Galician: caipiriña (gl) f
• German: Caipirinha (de) m
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: caipirinha (pt) f
• Russian: кайпири́нья (ru) f (kajpirínʹja)
• Spanish: caipiriña f
• Swedish: caipirinha

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Portuguese

Etymology

From caipira (“hillbilly”) +‎ -inha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj.pi.ˈɾi.ɲɐ/

Noun 1

caipirinha f (plural caipirinhas)

1. a traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar and ice

Noun 2

1. diminutive of caipira