capoeira

English
WOTD – 18 December 2006

Etymology

From Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːpəˈweəɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑpəˈwɛɹə/, /kɑpˈwɛɹə/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

capoeira (countable and uncountable, plural capoeiras)

  1. (uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil.
  2. (countable) A practitioner of this martial art.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From Portuguese capoeira

Noun

capoeira f

  1. capoeira

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːpuˈeːraː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

Noun

capoeira f (uncountable)

  1. capoeira

French

Etymology

From Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.pwɛ.ʁa/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

capoeira f (uncountable)

  1. capoeira

Portuguese
capoeira (1)

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.puˈe(j).ɾɐ/, /ka.poˈe(j).ɾɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.puˈɐj.ɾɐ/, /kɐˈpwɐj.ɾɐ/, /kɐpuˈej.ɾɐ/, /kɐˈpwej.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

Etymology 1

Capão (“capon”) +‎ -eira. Compare Galician capoeira and Spanish caponera.

Noun

capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

  1. henhouse.
    Eu fui à capoeira para apanhar ovos.
    I went to the henhouse to gather eggs.
  2. (slang) brothel.

Synonyms
capoeira (2)

Etymology 2

Of uncertain etymology, but said to be from Old Tupi ko'pwera, capuêra, from ko (“clearing”) + puera (“that once was”).[1][2][3]

Noun

capoeira f (uncountable)

  1. a martial art developed in Brazil
    A capoeira é uma arte marcial brasileira.
    Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art.
Derived terms

References
  1. “capoeira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  2. capoeira in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  3. “capoeira” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese capoeira

Noun

capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

  1. capoeira
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