capoeira
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
capoeira (countable and uncountable, plural capoeiras)
- (uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil.
- (countable) A practitioner of this martial art.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
the martial art developed in Brazil
CzechEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
capoeira f (uncountable)
FrenchEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.puˈe(j).ɾɐ/, /ka.poˈe(j).ɾɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.puˈɐj.ɾɐ/, /kɐˈpwɐj.ɾɐ/, /kɐpuˈej.ɾɐ/, /kɐˈpwej.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra
Etymology 1Edit
Capão (“capon”) + -eira. Compare Galician capoeira and Spanish caponera.
NounEdit
capoeira f (plural capoeiras)
- henhouse.
- Eu fui à capoeira para apanhar ovos.
- I went to the henhouse to gather eggs.
- (slang) brothel.
SynonymsEdit
- (henhouse): galinheiro
Etymology 2Edit
Of uncertain etymology, but said to be from Old Tupi ko'pwera, capuêra, from ko (“clearing”) + puera (“that once was”).[1][2][3]
NounEdit
capoeira f (uncountable)
- a martial art developed in Brazil
- A capoeira é uma arte marcial brasileira.
- Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art.
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “capoeira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ capoeira in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- ^ “capoeira” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ISBN 978-0-544-45445-3.