Brasileira

See also: brasileira

English

Etymology

From Portuguese brasileira.

Noun

Brasileira (plural Brasileiras)

  1. (rare) A Brazilian woman.
    • 2004 August 29, James Timberlake, “journal - 8/29/04”, in Upon This Stoney[sic] Holy Year, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 31 August 2011, →ISBN, page 116:
      walked straight through Cacabelos, my intended stay, and met up with some friends of his… Laura - Irish, two Brasileiras, and two Italianas.
    • 2005, Kevin Apostobranco, “Iliana”, in Iporanga! Up or Anger, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 12 (Iporanga!), page 203:
      Overall, she kind of looked like an Arabian Houri or an Italiana, or of course, a beautiful Brasileira.
    • 2010, Lucía Puenzo, translated by Valerie Miles, “Cohiba”, in John Freeman, editor, Granta: The Magazine of New Writing, number 113 (The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists), London: Granta Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 26:
      The Brasileira brings the microphone to her mouth and tells the story of a woman who falls in love on her third evening in Havana.
      [original: La brasilera se lleva el micrófono a la boca y cuenta la historia de una mujer que se enamora en su tercera noche en La Habana.]
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