picanha
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese picanha.
Noun
picanha (countable and uncountable, plural picanhas)
- A cut of beef consisting of the biceps femoris muscle and its fat cap.
- Synonyms: rump cap, rump cover, sirloin cap, coulotte
Translations
cut of beef
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese picanha
Noun
picanha f (plural picanhas)
- picanha (a cut of beefsteak)
Hypernyms
- rumsteak
- steak
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Spanish picaña, from earlier picana (“cattle prod”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈkɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [piˈkɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈkɐ.ɲa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈkɐ.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈka.ɲɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
- Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧nha
Noun
picanha f (plural picanhas)
- picanha (cut of beef)
Descendants
References
- ^ “picanha”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- ^ “picanha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025