Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cachaça

/kəˈʃɑ.sə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: ca-cha-ça
IPA: /kəˈʃɑ.sə/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A line of ants heads across the table, detouring around the bottle of cachaça that is now empty."
"Neat cachaça put fire in your belly and stilled the pangs of hunger."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça, of uncertain origin.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈʃɑ.sə/
British English: /kəˈʃɑː.sə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cachaças (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cachaça?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈʃɑ.sə/.
What does cachaça mean?: A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha.
Where does cachaça come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça, of uncertain origin.

How to pronounce cachaça

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “cachaça”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/kəˈʃɑ.sə/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “cachaça”.
Repeat and practice — Say “cachaça” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.