"cachaça" meaning in English

See cachaça in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kəˈʃɑː.sə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈʃɑ.sə/ [General-American] Forms: cachaças [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːsə Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça, of uncertain origin. 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"term" : "cachaça", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cachaça">, {{ubor|en|pt|cachaça}} Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cachaça (countable and uncountable, plural cachaças)
  1. A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (distilled spirit from sugar cane): カシャッサ (kashassa) (Japanese), kaûĩtatá (Old Tupi), cachaça [feminine] (Portuguese), pinga [feminine, slang] (Portuguese), cachaza [feminine] (Spanish)

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