caipira
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi kopira (“farmer”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (BR) (file) - Hyphenation: cai‧pi‧ra
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 (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 230, column 2