churrascaria

English

Etymology

From Portuguese churrascaria.

Noun

churrascaria (plural churrascarias)

  1. A steakhouse where food in a churrasco style is served.
    • 2007 September 21, “What Else is New”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      There are no sword-toting tarted-up gauchos to trouble you, and in all Al Primo Canto offers the churrascaria experience in a significantly more civilized manner than other spots for a lower price.
    • 2005 March 25, Laura Levy Shatkin, Mike Sula, “Late-Night Comfort Food, Creative Japanese, and Home-Style Lebanese”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      Brazilian churrascaria just blocks from its competitor Fogo de Chão.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁas.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [ʃu.has.kaˈɾi.ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁaʃ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [ʃu.χaʃ.kaˈɾi.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁas.kaˈɾi.a/ [ʃu.has.kaˈɾi.a]
 

  • Hyphenation: chur‧ras‧ca‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

From churrasco +‎ -aria. Piecewise doublet of churrasqueira.

Noun

churrascaria f (plural churrascarias)

  1. steakhouse (restaurant specializing in meat)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

churrascaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of churrascar

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