chimarrão

Portuguese

chimarrão

Etymology

From Spanish cimarrón (“maté, feral”), from Taíno simaran (“wild”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌʃi.ma.ˈʁɐ̃w̃], IPA^(key): [ˌʃi.ma.ˈhɐ̃w̃]
(Gaúcho) IPA^(key): [ˌʃi.ma.ˈʀɐ̃w̃]
Hyphenation: chi‧mar‧rão

Noun

chimarrão m (uncountable)

(Brazil) maté (hot drink made from the Ilex paraguarensis plant)
Synonyms: mate, chima, chá-mate

Further reading

chimarrão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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