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caipirinha

/ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/

caipirinha noun: a traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.

Noun

caipirinha (plural caipirinhas)

  1. A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.
    • They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2020
    • Oh, no! Oh, no! Aunt Hoda got into the caipirinha supply. Everybody, watch yourself, she gets grabby.2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO

Forms of caipirinha

pluralcaipirinhas

Origin of caipirinha

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caipirinha (literally “little hillbilly”).

Words formed from caipirinha

Questions about caipirinha

What does caipirinha mean?
Caipirinha means a traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.
What part of speech is caipirinha?
Caipirinha is a noun.
How do you pronounce caipirinha?
Caipirinha is pronounced /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/.
What is the plural of caipirinha?
The plural of caipirinha is caipirinhas.

Words near caipirinha in the dictionary

  1. Cainscross
  2. Cainta
  3. Caiola
  4. Caiolas
  5. Caipilan
  6. caipirinha
  7. caipirinhas
  8. caipiroska
  9. caipiroskas
  10. caipivodka
  11. caipivodkas

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