capoeira

From Brazilian Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology.

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

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capoeira (countable and uncountable, plural capoeiras)

1. (uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil.
2. (countable) A practitioner of this martial art.

• capoeirista

Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.

capoeira f

1. capoeira

Borrowed from Portuguese capoeira.

• IPA^(key): /kaːpuˈeːraː/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

capoeira f (uncountable)

1. capoeira

From Portuguese capoeira.

• IPA^(key): /ka.pwɛ.ʁa/, /ka.pwe.ʁa/

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capoeira f (uncountable)

1. capoeira

Attested since 1707. From capón +‎ -eira.

• IPA^(key): [kɑpoˈejɾɐ], [kɑpʊˈejɾɐ]

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
   • 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

   Synonyms: galiñeiro, poleiro

• capón

• “capoeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “capoeira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “capoeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ei‧ra

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

capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

1. henhouse

   Fui à capoeira apanhar ovos.

   I went to the henhouse to gather eggs.

   Synonym: galinheiro

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (colloquial) brothel

Uncertain, but usually said to be from Old Tupi ko'puera (from ko (“clearing”) + puera (“that once was”)) or from ka'apuera (from ka'a (“woods; forest”)), both referring to lands that used to be cleared by the Tupis for agriculture and to which slaves would escape.[1][2][3]

capoeira f (uncountable)

1. capoeira, a martial art developed in Brazil

   A capoeira é uma arte marcial brasileira.

   Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art.

• capoeiragem
• capoeirista

From Portuguese capoeira.

capoeira f (plural capoeiras)

1. capoeira