churrascaria

English

Etymology

From Portuguese churrascaria.

Noun

churrascaria (plural churrascarias)

1. A steakhouse where food in a churrasco style is served.
   • 2007 September 21, “What Else is New”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     There are no sword-toting tarted-up gauchos to trouble you, and in all Al Primo Canto offers the churrascaria experience in a significantly more civilized manner than other spots for a lower price.

   • 2005 March 25, Laura Levy Shatkin, Mike Sula, “Late-Night Comfort Food, Creative Japanese, and Home-Style Lebanese”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Brazilian churrascaria just blocks from its competitor Fogo de Chão.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁas.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [ʃu.has.kaˈɾi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁas.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [ʃu.has.kaˈɾi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁaʃ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [ʃu.χaʃ.kaˈɾi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁas.kaˈɾi.a/ [ʃu.has.kaˈɾi.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.ʁɐʃ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: chur‧ras‧ca‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

From churrasco +‎ -aria. Piecewise doublet of churrasqueira.

Noun

churrascaria f (plural churrascarias)

1. steakhouse (restaurant specializing in meat)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

churrascaria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of churrascar

Further reading

• “churrascaria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024