Etymology

cachaça

ca·cha·ça

Today it means: A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha. Full definition →

First used 19th c.Portuguese cachaça
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromcachaça
  2. English todaycachaça

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça, of uncertain origin.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha.

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