caipira

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi kopira (“farmer”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kajˈpi.ɾɐ/ [kaɪ̯ˈpi.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kajˈpi.ɾa/ [kaɪ̯ˈpi.ɾa]

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: cai‧pi‧ra

Noun

caipira m or f by sense (plural caipiras)

  1. (Brazil) a hillbilly, yokel, rustic
    Synonyms: jeca, jacu

Adjective

caipira m or f (plural caipiras)

  1. rustic, hillbilly, provincial
    Synonyms: interiorano, jacu, jeca

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kopira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 230, column 2

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