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r caipira

Portuguese, noun

r caipira is spelled R-C-A-I-P-I-R-A (8 letters). R caipira is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pronunciation of the Portuguese rhotic in syllable codas as a retroflex approximant ([ɻ]), as found in some dialects of Brazilian Portuguese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does r caipira mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculinepronunciation of the Portuguese rhotic in syllable codas as a retroflex approximant ([ɻ]), as found in some dialects of Brazilian Portuguese

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of r caipira

  • rs caipiras plural
  • r-caipira alternative
  • erre caipira alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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