caipirinha

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/

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caipirinha (plural caipirinhas)

1. A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.
   • 2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”

   • 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:

     Oh, no! Oh, no! Aunt Hoda got into the caipirinha supply. Everybody, watch yourself, she gets grabby.

   • 2016 August 9, Robert Simonson, “How to make a caipirinha, the Brazilian cocktail that could unseat the margarita”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The caipirinha isn’t too far removed from its warm-weather drinking buddies, the margarita and daiquiri.

From caipira (“hillbilly”) +‎ -inha.

• Hyphenation: cai‧pi‧ri‧nha

caipirinha f (plural caipirinhas)

1. caipirinha (traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar and ice)

• caipifruta
• caipireja

• caipiroska

caipirinha m or f by sense (plural caipirinhas)

1. (Brazil) diminutive of caipira

caipirinha c

1. caipirinha (drink)