Carioca en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca.
Meanings
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A native or inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Needless to say, a true Carioca never makes mistakes when dealing with money.
2008, Priscilla Goslin, How to Be a Carioca: The Alternative Guide for the Tourist in Rio, →ISBN, page 43:I was impassioned about this because my Portuguese professor at Johns Hopkins was a Carioca, or native of Rio de Janeiro, and the first thing she told us in class was that she was going to make us all Cariocas.
2012, Katherine Losse, The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network, →ISBN:Cariocas – as inhabitants of Rio are called – panicked, and the newspapers reported the deteriorating situation in the city.
2017, Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cariocas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| carioca | alternative | lexicographic |