caipirinha

caipirinha

See also: Caipirinha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caipirinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/

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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:

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

   • 2016, Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     Oh, no! Oh, no! Aunt Hoda got into the caipirinha supply. Everybody, watch yourself, she gets grabby.

Related terms

• caipiroska

Translations

a traditional Brazilian 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 Japanese: カイピリーニャ (kaipirīnya) 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

 

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

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

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

• Hyphenation: cai‧pi‧ri‧nha

Noun

caipirinha f (plural caipirinhas)

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

Noun

caipirinha m or f by sense (plural caipirinhas)

1. (Brazil) Diminutive of caipira