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Etymology

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From Brazilian Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /kæpəˈweəɹə/, /kæpəʊˈeəɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑpəˈwɛɹə/, /kɑpˈwɛɹə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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capoeira (countable and uncountable, plural capoeiras)

  1. (uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
  2. (countable) A practitioner of this martial art.

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Basque

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Etymology

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From Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kapoei̯ɾa/ [ka.po.ei̯.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ei̯ɾa
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

Noun

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capoeira inan

  1. capoeira

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Czech

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkapuɛra]
  • IPA(key): [ˈkapuɛjra]
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

Noun

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capoeira f

  1. capoeira

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Further reading

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  • capoeira” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • capoeira”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaːpuˈeːraː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

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capoeira f (uncountable)

  1. capoeira

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.pwɛ.ʁa/ ~ /ka.pwe.ʁa/
  • Audio:(file)

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capoeira f (uncountable)

  1. capoeira

Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since 1707. From capón +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑpoˈejɾɐ], [kɑpʊˈejɾɐ]

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capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

  1. coop for fattening the capons, which was usually kept inside the house
  2. flat surface over the oven, where this coop used to be
    • 1889, Xulio Alonso Sánchez, O Chufón:
      O xastre sentouse na capoeira, que por tras do caldeiro estaba, picou un cigarro, poñendo mentras o debullaba entre as maus, o papel no labeo, namentras que o patrón botaba un angazo de toxos no lume.
      the tailor sat down on the oven's stone, which was behind the cauldron, and prepared a cigarette putting, while handling it, the paper on the lip, whilst the head of household was throwing a bunch of furzes into the fire
  3. henhouse, coop
    Synonyms: galiñeiro, poleiro
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      E pois eu tamén lle ofrezo
      duas ducias de regeyfas,
      seis moletes, dèz galiñas,
      que teño na capoeyra,
      e mais vn par de capòs
      que m'àn de dar quintafeyra.
      And so also I offer her
      two dozens loaves,
      six muffins, ten hens that
      I have in the coop
      and a pair of capons
      they'll give me Thursday
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Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese capoeira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.puˈɛj.ra/, /ka.pɔˈɛj.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛjra
  • Syllabification: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

Noun

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capoeira f

  1. capoeira (martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements)

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Further reading

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  • capoeira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • capoeira in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • capoeira in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

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capoeira (1)

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.poˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.poˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], /ka.puˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.pʊˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈpwe(j).ɾɐ/ [kaˈpwe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.poˈe(j).ɾa/ [ka.poˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], /ka.puˈe(j).ɾa/ [ka.pʊˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈpwe(j).ɾa/ [kaˈpwe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 

Etymology 1

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From capão (capon) +‎ -eira. Compare Galician capoeira and Spanish caponera.

Noun

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capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

  1. henhouse
    Synonym: galinheiro
    Fui à capoeira apanhar ovos.
    I went to the henhouse to gather eggs.
  2. a woven basket used by bondsmen to transport items
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (colloquial) brothel
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Etymology 2

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San Salvador, 1835, by Rugendas. "The scene is set in a clearing surrounded by tropical vegetation and palm trees, corresponding precisely to the space called capoeira in Brazil."

Uncertain. There are various theories on the etymology:

Both Tupi words refer to lands that used to be cleared by the Tupis for agriculture and to which slaves would escape.[1][2][3]

  • from the root kupura (to play) in the Ki-Kongo language.[4]
  • from capão (capon) +‎ -eira, from a supposed resemblance between capoeira and cockfighting.[5]

The spelling of this word and its derived terms were likely influenced by Etymology 1.

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capoeira f (uncountable)

  1. capoeira, a martial art developed in Brazil
    A capoeira é uma arte marcial brasileira.
    Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art.
  2. glade; clearing (area of land devoid of trees)
    Synonyms: clareira, roçado, capoeiro
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References

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  1. ^ capoeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  2. ^ capoeira” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  3. ^ capoeira”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  4. ^ Talmon-Chvaicer, 2008, pp 29.
  5. ^ Desch-Obi, 2008, pp 288.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.

Noun

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capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

  1. capoeira
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