picanha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese picanha.

Noun

Cooked picanha

picanha (countable and uncountable, plural picanhas)

1. A cut of beef consisting of the biceps femoris muscle and its fat cap.

   Synonyms: rump cap, rump cover, sirloin cap, coulotte

Translations

cut of beef

• Dutch: staartstuk (nl)
• French: picanha
• Galician: picaña (gl)
• Japanese: イチボ
• Portuguese: picanha (pt)
• Spanish: picaña (es)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese picanha

Noun

picanha f (plural picanhas)

1. picanha (a cut of beefsteak)

Hypernyms

• rumsteak
• steak

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Spanish picaña, from earlier picana (“cattle prod”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [piˈkɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [piˈkɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈka.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧nha

Noun

picanha f (plural picanhas)

1. picanha (cut of beef)

Descendants

• → English: picanha
• → French: picanha

Further reading

• “picanha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026