rabo de galo
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See also: rabo-de-galo
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]rabo de galo m (plural rabos de galo) (Brazil)
- (colloquial) a Brazilian cocktail made of cachaça and vermouth
- Synonym: traçado
- 1959, Rubens de Siqueira, Cartilha alimentar do homem rural, Rio de Janeiro: SIA, page 26:
- Que a aguardente, a bebida maldita, com todos os seus nomes de "caninha", "teimosa", "abrideira", "rabo de galo", "cachaça" e outros mais, seja banida da alimentação do sertanejo, é medida que se impõe.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1989, “Melô do Bêbado” (1:24 from the start), in DJ Marlboro (music), Funk Brasil 01, performed by MC Batata:
- As chupetas só viviam mergulhadas num potinho / Dentro de um rabo de galo só para pegar o gostinho / De Pitu, Fogo Paulista ou então de Tatuzinho
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) cocktail (mixture of alcoholic beverages)
- Synonym: coquetel
Usage notes
[edit]- Although rare, the term is sometimes used as a translation of cocktail, thus alluding to any mix of alcoholic beverages and not only to the cachaça and vermouth mixture.
Further reading
[edit]Cocktails with cachaça on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “rabo de galo” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
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