caipora

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noun

A forest spirit or guardian in Brazilian folklore.

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Meanings

nouncaipora (plural caiporas)

plural caiporas

  1. A forest spirit or guardian in Brazilian folklore.

    The caipora calls out to the unfortunate person and leads him further and further astray.

    1942, Donald Pierson, Negroes in Brazil: A Study of Race Contact at Bahia, page 262
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