Carioca

English

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    Carioca (plural Cariocas)

    1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
      • 2008, Priscilla Goslin, How to Be a Carioca: The Alternative Guide for the Tourist in Rio, →ISBN, page 43:
        Needless to say, a true Carioca never makes mistakes when dealing with money.
      • 2012, Katherine Losse, The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network, →ISBN:
        I was impassioned about this because my Portuguese professor at Johns Hopkins was a Carioca, or native of Rio de Janeiro, and the first thing she told us in class was that she was going to make us all Cariocas.
      • 2017, Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World, →ISBN:
        Cariocas – as inhabitants of Rio are called – panicked, and the newspapers reported the deteriorating situation in the city.

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Carioca.

      Proper noun

      Carioca

      2. A river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil; in full, the Carioca River.

      Portuguese

      Etymology

        See carioca.

        Pronunciation

         
        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾiˈɔ.kɐ/ [ka.ɾɪˈɔ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈɾjɔ.kɐ/
          • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾiˈɔ.ka/ [ka.ɾɪˈɔ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈɾjɔ.ka/

        • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
        • Hyphenation: Ca‧ri‧o‧ca
        • Homophone: carioca

        Proper noun

        Carioca m

        1. Carioca (a river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil; in full, the Carioca River)

        Descendants

        • → English: Carioca
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