catupiry
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Genericization from the trademark Catupiry. The name was coined in 1911, from Old Tupi katupyryb (“very good”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ca‧tu‧pi‧ry
Noun
[edit]catupiry m (usually uncountable, plural catupirys)
- a soft ricotta-like cheese that can be spread over toasts, crackers and bread buns or used in cooking
References
[edit]- ^ “Nossa História”, in Catupiry[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo, 2024 December 16 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2024-08-03
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Catupiri”, 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 556, column 2
Further reading
[edit]- “catupiry”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
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- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/i
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese genericized trademarks