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:
      They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”
    • 2016, John Oliver, “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
      Oh, no! Oh, no! Aunt Hoda got into the caipirinha supply. Everybody, watch yourself, she gets grabby.

Translations

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

caipirinha m, f (plural caipirinhas)

  1. diminutive of caipira
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