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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARIOCA

From Brazilian Portuguese.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CARIOCA

carioca  [ˌkærɪˈəʊkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARIOCA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carioca is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARIOCA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Carioca

Carioca is a Brazilian adjective or demonym that is used to refer to the native inhabitants of the city of Rio de Janeiro—capital of the homonymous state —in Brazil. The original word, "kara'i oka", comes from the indigenous Tupi language meaning "white man's house". It is said that the first Portuguese dwellings in Rio de Janeiro were placed along a limpid stream, which was soon adapted into Portuguese as Carioca. The demonym meaning for the state of Rio de Janeiro is fluminense, taken from the Latin word flumen, meaning "river". So, for instance, someone from Niterói is both fluminense and niteroiense, while someone from Rio de Janeiro is fluminense, and also carioca. While a "carioca" is someone who is from Rio de Janeiro, a "carioca da gema" means someone was actually born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro is an ethnically diverse city by the standards of Western global cities. The last PNAD census numbers for Rio de Janeiro are: 8,576,000 White, 5,376,000 Pardo, 1,920,000 Black and 128,000 Asian or Indigenous.

Definition of carioca in the English dictionary

The definition of carioca in the dictionary is a Brazilian dance similar to the samba. Other definition of carioca is a piece of music composed for this dance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARIOCA


broker
ˈbrəʊkə
choker
ˈtʃəʊkə
coca
ˈkəʊkə
Fukuoka
ˌfuːkuːˈəʊkə
joker
ˈdʒəʊkə
manioca
ˌmænɪˈəʊkə
mediocre
ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə
oca
ˈəʊkə
ocher
ˈəʊkə
ochre
ˈəʊkə
oka
ˈəʊkə
poker
ˈpəʊkə
Roca
ˈrəʊkə
Shizuoka
ˌʃiːzuːˈəʊkə
smoker
ˈsməʊkə
soca
ˈsəʊkə
stoker
ˈstəʊkə
stroker
ˈstrəʊkə
tapioca
ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə
toker
ˈtəʊkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARIOCA

carillonned
carillonneur
carillonning
carina
carinae
carinal
carinate
carinated
caring
caring professions
Carinthia
Cariocan
cariogenic
cariole
cariose
cariosity
carious
cariousness
Carisbrooke Castle
caritas

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARIOCA

Africa
America
Antarctica
Broca
ca
Cape Roca
chica
circa
Costa Rica
Dominica
Huesca
Jamaica
Luca
North America
Rebecca
replica
South Africa
South America
United States of America
veronica

Synonyms and antonyms of carioca in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carioca» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARIOCA

Find out the translation of carioca to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carioca from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carioca» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卡里奥卡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carioca
570 millions of speakers

English

carioca
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Carioca
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كاريوكا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кариока
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carioca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কারিওকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carioca
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Carioca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Carioca
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カリオカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카리 오카
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carioca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Carioca
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கரியோகா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅरिओका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

carioca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carioca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Carioca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Каріока
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Carioca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

carioca
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Carioca
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carioca
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Carioca
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carioca

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARIOCA»

The term «carioca» is very widely used and occupies the 18.749 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARIOCA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carioca» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carioca» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carioca

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARIOCA»

Discover the use of carioca in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carioca and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Be a Carioca: The Alternative Guide for the Tourist ...
An international bestseller since 1992, this is a humorous look at what makes up one of the world's most colorful characters: the Carioca--those charming inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, written by a U.S. native who has made Rio her home for ...
Priscilla Goslin, 2008
2
Carioca Fletch
From Rio to Bahia and back again, at the height of Carnival, Fletch has to keep moving or get stopped cold. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Gregory Mcdonald, 2010
3
The Carioca File
In The Carioca File, Bode Sowande explores one of the might-have-beens of contemporary Nigerian history.
Bode Sowande, 2009
4
Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian ...
The ethnomusicologist Frederick Moehn introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who build on the música popular brasileira (MPB) of previous decades, but who have yet to receive scholarly attention.
Frederick Moehn, 2012
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Pulp Carioca
“Pulp Carioca is an amazing debut as writer by Attilio Caselli: no similar style within new Italian writers, Brazilian location and a skillful ability to weave multiple plots” Giovanni Pacchiano, Il Sole 24 Ore
Attilio Caselli, 2013
6
Baralho Carioca
Varios. one is time when it was just an open Y <y Reld attended by washmaids \f gossipping around its waterfountain. In the 19th century, the Campo de Santana gained importance, being stage to acts such as the acclamation of Pedro I as the  ...
Varios
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Carioca elite and the mundane events in Rio de Janeiro 1920-1945
O livro 'A Elite Carioca e os fatos mundanos no Rio de Janeiro - 1920-1945' procura transportar o leitor para o clima de outro Rio de Janeiro.
Alberto A. Cohen, Samuel Gorberg, 2009
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The Rough Guide to Rio de Janeiro
A couple of blocks north of Cinelândia and the Praça Floriano is the Largo da Carioca, a rather faceless square which has undergone considerable transformation since the city's foundation. Unbelievably there was a lake here until 1679, ...
Oliver Marshall, Robert Coates, 2009
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Characters in Disney Package Films; Mickey Mouse, Goofy, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books LLC, Books Group, 2010
10
Bulletin
Providente, Life, Fire, and Marine, largo Carioca 20. Royal Insurance Company, r . Candelaria 8. The Equitable Life of New York, r. Alfandega 1. The Imperial Insurance Company, Limited, r. 1» (le Março 89. The Marine Insurance Company , r.
Bureau of the American Republics (Washington, D.C.), 1897

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARIOCA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carioca is used in the context of the following news items.
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Casalegre in Santa Teresa Offers Art and Wellness in Rio
Years later while living in London, he coincidentally met and eventually married Carioca Fernanda Chaves, who grew up in Santa Teresa, ... «The Rio Times, Jul 15»
2
Jardim Botânico: Culinary Hub and Old-School Charm in Rio
There is also a number of more reasonably priced restaurants, including Volta, from the owners of Venga in Ipanema, La Carioca, which serves ... «The Rio Times, Jul 15»
3
All you need to know about West Ham target Manuel Lanzini [VIDEO]
... as well as win the Taça Guanabara and Campeonato Carioca in 2012 before returning to River in August, where River had gained promotion ... «Outside90, Jul 15»
4
Rio's Carioca Cricket Club Plays in Brasília: Sponsored
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio's Carioca Cricket Club (CCC) put in a brave performance in the National Cricket Championships in Brasília ... «The Rio Times, Jul 15»
5
Rap in Rio: Why hip-hop is the new sound in the city of samba
A network called the Carioca Rhyme and Poetry circuit, which began organizing open-mike events in Rio in 2010, was a catalyst, and the music ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
A tribute to the late Lebanese-Egyptian veteran documentary …
She also delivered two tributes: one to Egyptian singer Tahia Carioca (Cairoca, 2008) in which she renegotiated Carioca's legacy, unearthing ... «Al-Bawaba, Jul 15»
7
Report: Juventus step up pursuit of Fluminense midfielder Gerson
Gerson has long been highly-rated at Fluminense and finally made his first-team debut in the Campeonato Carioca earlier this year. «Sambafoot.com, Jul 15»
8
Badger duo to redshirt to prepare for Olympic Trials
The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held Aug. 5-21 in Rio. All wrestling events will be hosted in Carioca Arena 2 at the Games. Wrestling Home ... «University of Wisconsin Badgers, Jul 15»
9
First VLT Train Arrived in Rio de Janeiro for Testing
It will pass Avenida Marechal Floriano in one direction and Campo de Santana, Praça Tiradentes, Largo da Carioca and Rua Sete de ... «The Rio Times, Jul 15»
10
An Intro to 'Fluxo,' São Paulo's Latest Funk Music Craze
Funk carioca—a Brazilian version of hard-core street rap—was born in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. It soon spread to the low-income outskirts ... «CityLab, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Carioca [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/carioca>. Apr 2024 ».
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