caipirinha

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/ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/

noun

A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.

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Meanings

nouncaipirinha (plural caipirinhas)

plural caipirinhas

  1. 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 2020
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    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 HBO

    The 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

  1. Brazilian Portuguesecaipirinha
  2. Englishcaipirinha

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

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Translations

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
APA

caipirinha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caipirinha

MLA

“caipirinha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caipirinha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caipirinha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caipirinha.

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