caipira
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi kopira (“farmer”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]caipira m or f by sense (plural caipiras)
Adjective
[edit]caipira m or f (plural caipiras)
- rustic, hillbilly, provincial
- Synonyms: interiorano, jacu, jeca
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kopira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 230, column 2
Further reading
[edit]- “caipira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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