🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

卡沙萨

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kǎ shā sà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cachaça/kaˈʃasa/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他用卡沙萨调制了鸡尾酒。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A Brazilian distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented sugarcane juice.

    "He enjoyed a refreshing caipirinha made with cachaça on a hot summer day."
  2. 2

    A key ingredient in various cocktails, particularly in Brazilian cuisine.

    "Cachaça is essential for making the classic Brazilian cocktail known as the caipirinha."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'cachaça' originates from Portuguese, specifically from the word 'cachaça' which refers to a type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. The word has been used since the 18th century in Brazil, where cachaça is a traditional beverage and is often considered the national spirit.

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