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cachaça

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈʃɑː.sə/
  • General-American: /kəˈʃɑ.sə/
  • rhymes with -ɑːsə

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça, of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Japanese: カシャッサ (kashassa) — distilled spirit from sugar cane
  • Old Tupi: kaûĩtatá — distilled spirit from sugar cane
  • Portuguese: cachaça — distilled spirit from sugar cane
  • Portuguese: pinga — distilled spirit from sugar cane
  • Spanish: cachaza — distilled spirit from sugar cane