Meanings
plural caipirinhas
- A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.
They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”
2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Sep 20202 more examples
Oh, no! Oh, no! Aunt Hoda got into the caipirinha supply. Everybody, watch yourself, she gets grabby.
2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBOThe caipirinha isn’t too far removed from its warm-weather drinking buddies, the margarita and daiquiri.
2016 August 9, Robert Simonson, “How to make a caipirinha, the Brazilian cocktail that could unseat the margarita”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020
Origin
- Brazilian Portuguesecaipirinha
- Englishcaipirinha
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caipirinha (literally “little hillbilly”).
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Chinese Mandarin 凱匹林納雞尾酒 /凯匹林纳鸡尾酒
- 凱匹林納雞尾酒 /凯匹林纳鸡尾酒 (kǎipǐlínnà jīwěijiǔ)traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Finnish caipirinha
- caipirinhatraditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
French caïpirinha
- caïpirinhatraditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
German Caipirinha
- Caipirinhatraditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Japanese カイピリーニャ
- カイピリーニャ (kaipirīnya)traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Portuguese caipirinha
- caipirinhatraditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Russian кайпири́нья
- кайпири́нья (kajpirínʹja)traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Spanish caipiriña
- caipiriñatraditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Swedish caipirinha
- caipirinhatraditional Brazilian alcoholic drink
Cite this entry
caipirinha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caipirinha
“caipirinha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caipirinha. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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