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Yes. The word carioca is a Scrabble US word. The word carioca is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word carioca is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

CARIOCA,

5-letter words (6 found)

ACARI,CACAO,CIRCA,CORIA,CRAIC,CROCI,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACAI,ACCA,ACRO,ARCO,ARIA,CACA,CIAO,COCA,COIR,CRIA,CROC,ORCA,RACA,RAIA,

3-letter words (13 found)

AIA,AIR,ARC,CAA,CAR,COR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,RAI,RIA,ROC,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AI,AR,IO,OI,OR,

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Definitions and meaning of carioca

carioca

Etymology

From Portuguese carioca.

Noun

carioca (plural cariocas)

  1. A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.
  2. Alternative form of Carioca

Galician

Etymology

From Portuguese carioca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾjɔka̝/

Adjective

carioca m or f (plural cariocas)

  1. of, from or relating to the city of Rio de Janeiro

Noun

carioca m or f by sense (plural cariocas)

  1. an inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro

Noun

carioca f (plural cariocas)

  1. young or immature hake (Merluccius merluccius)

References

  • “carioca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “carioca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “carioca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca, itself a borrowing from Guaraní/Old Tupi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈrjɔ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔka
  • Hyphenation: ca‧riò‧ca

Adjective

carioca (invariable)

  1. Carioca (of, from or relating to Rio de Janeiro)
    Synonym: fluminense

Noun

carioca m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Carioca (native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro)
  2. (feminine) carioca (dance)

References

  • carioca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • acciaro, accorai, arcaico, caciaro, cariaco, coracia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Guaraní/Old Tupi. Several theories exist:

  • kari (“white man”) and oka (“house”), "the house of the white man".
  • From Kariók or Karióg, name of an old Tupi village, kariîó + oka (“house”).
  • From carioca, the name of an old indigenous tribe.
  • From carii, another indigenous tribe, carii + oka (“house”).

Pronunciation

Noun

carioca m or f by sense (plural cariocas)

  1. an inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Noun

carioca m (plural cariocas)

  1. weak coffee (with added hot water or from a second shot of spent espresso)

Derived terms

  • carioca de limão
  • carioca da gema

Adjective

carioca m or f (plural cariocas)

  1. (relational) of the city of Rio de Janeiro

See also

  • fluminense
  • paulista, paulistano

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾjoka/ [kaˈɾjo.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oka
  • Syllabification: ca‧rio‧ca

Adjective

carioca m or f (masculine and feminine plural cariocas)

  1. (relational) of the city of Rio de Janeiro
  2. (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, relational) of Brazil; Brazilian

Noun

carioca m or f by sense (plural cariocas)

  1. Carioca (an inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  2. (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay) a Brazilian

Further reading

  • “carioca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org