How do you say pineapple in Portuguese?

Abacaxi, pronounced with the x sounding like 'ch': a-ba-ca-chi. You could ask 'Esse abacaxi está bem doce ou ainda está verde?'

What does 'paca' mean in a sentence like 'bom paca'?

Paca means 'very' or 'really', placed after the word it strengthens, as in 'Esse queijo é bom paca, você precisa provar.'

Carioca describes someone or something from the city of Rio de Janeiro, as in 'Aquele vendedor tem sotaque carioca, você reparou?'

You're walking through the Saturday morning street market and almost everything you point at has a name that came from Tupi.

Esse abacaxi está bem doce ou ainda está verde?

Is this pineapple nice and sweet, or is it still unripe?

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abacaxi/abakaˈʃi/
pineapplenoun
A large fruit with a tough, spiky skin, yellow inside and very sweet.
mandioca/mɐ̃dʒiˈɔkɐ/
cassavanoun
A long root with brown skin that's cooked, fried or turned into flour.
pipoca/piˈpɔkɐ/
popcornnoun
Corn that pops over heat and turns white and fluffy.
maracujá/maɾakuˈʒa/
passion fruitnoun
A round fruit with yellow or purple skin, with tart pulp full of seeds.
mingau/mĩˈɡaw/
porridgenoun
A soft food of milk with flour or oats, cooked until it thickens.
cupim/kuˈpĩ/
termitenoun
A small insect that lives in colonies and eats wood from the inside.
jacaré/ʒakaˈɾɛ/
caimannoun
An animal with thick, leathery skin and a long mouth that lives in rivers and swamps.
tucano/tuˈkɐ̃nu/
toucannoun
A bird with an enormous, colorful beak that lives in the forest.
paca/ˈpakɐ/
reallyadverb
Very, a lot; it comes after the word it strengthens.
carioca/kaɾiˈɔkɐ/
from Rioadjective
From the city of Rio de Janeiro or related to it.

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Esse abacaxi está bem doce ou ainda está verde?
Is this pineapple nice and sweet, or is it still unripe?
Você tem mandioca já descascada para levar hoje?
Do you have cassava already peeled to take home today?
Depois da feira a gente faz pipoca em casa.
After the market we'll make popcorn at home.
Esse maracujá está maduro para fazer suco hoje?
Is this passion fruit ripe enough to make juice today?
A minha filha só toma mingau no café da manhã.
My daughter only has porridge for breakfast.
Essa madeira da barraca está cheia de cupim.
This wood at the stall is full of termites.
Aquela bolsa parece couro de jacaré de verdade?
Does that bag look like it's really caiman leather?
Tem um tucano pintado na placa daquela barraca.
There's a toucan painted on that stall's sign.
Esse queijo é bom paca, você precisa provar.
This cheese is really good, you have to try it.
Aquele vendedor tem sotaque carioca, você reparou?
That vendor has a Rio accent, did you notice?

abacaxi/abakaˈʃi/
The x sounds like 'ch': a-ba-ca-chi.
mandioca/mɐ̃dʒiˈɔkɐ/
The first syllable is nasal (man-) and the 'di' sounds like 'dji'.
pipoca/piˈpɔkɐ/
The o in the stressed syllable is open, like in 'pot'.
mingau/mĩˈɡaw/
The syllable 'min-' is nasal and the ending '-gau' comes out in one breath, finishing in 'u'.
cupim/kuˈpĩ/
The final '-im' is a nasal vowel: you don't fully close your lips on the m.
tucano/tuˈkɐ̃nu/
The a in the stressed syllable is nasal because of the n, and the final o sounds like 'u': tu-cã-nu.
carioca/kaɾiˈɔkɐ/
The stressed syllable is '-o-', with an open sound like the 'aw' in 'saw'.

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How do you say pineapple in Portuguese?: Abacaxi, pronounced with the x sounding like 'ch': a-ba-ca-chi. You could ask 'Esse abacaxi está bem doce ou ainda está verde?'
What does 'paca' mean in a sentence like 'bom paca'?: Paca means 'very' or 'really', placed after the word it strengthens, as in 'Esse queijo é bom paca, você precisa provar.'
What is 'carioca' used for?: Carioca describes someone or something from the city of Rio de Janeiro, as in 'Aquele vendedor tem sotaque carioca, você reparou?'

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