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caipora

caipora noun: a forest spirit or guardian in Brazilian folklore.

Noun

caipora (plural caiporas)

  1. A forest spirit or guardian in Brazilian folklore.
    • The caipora calls out to the unfortunate person and leads him further and further astray.1942, Donald Pierson, Negroes in Brazil: A Study of Race Contact at Bahia, page 262

Forms of caipora

pluralcaiporas

Questions about caipora

What does caipora mean?
Caipora means a forest spirit or guardian in Brazilian folklore.
What part of speech is caipora?
Caipora is a noun.
What is the plural of caipora?
The plural of caipora is caiporas.

Words near caipora in the dictionary

  1. caipirinhas
  2. caipiroska
  3. caipiroskas
  4. caipivodka
  5. caipivodkas
  6. caipora
  7. caiporas
  8. caique
  9. caiquejee
  10. caiquejees
  11. caiques

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