cachaça

See also: cachaca

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cachaça.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈʃɑː.sə/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧ça

Noun

cachaça (countable and uncountable, plural cachaças)

  1. a Brazilian rum made of sugar cane juice. It is one of the ingredients of caipirinha

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from cachaço (“boar”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʃasa/, /kaˈʃasɐ/

Noun

cachaça f (plural cachaças)

  1. cachaça (a type of Brazilian rum)
    Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cana, canha (Rio Grande do Sul), pinga
  • cachaçada
  • cachaçaria
  • cachaceiro
  • encachaçado
  • encachaçar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaθa/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃasa/

Noun

cachaça m (plural cachaças)

  1. cachaça
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