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canarinho.

of or relating to Brazil national football team

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲu/Brazil[ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃u]Brazil/kɐ.nɐˈɾi.ɲu/Portugal
  1. of or relating to Brazil national football team

    informal · poetic
Where this word comes from

From canarinho, a nickname created by the journalist Geraldo José de Almeida in 1954, because from the 1950 to 1954 World Cup, Brazil changed the color of its strip from white to the four colors of its national flag.

noun/ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲu/Brazil[ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃u]Brazil/kɐ.nɐˈɾi.ɲu/Portugal
  1. Brazil national football team

    Brazil · feminine · uncountable
  2. the yellow shirt used by the Brazil national football team

    Brazil · feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From canarinho, a nickname created by the journalist Geraldo José de Almeida in 1954, because from the 1950 to 1954 World Cup, Brazil changed the color of its strip from white to the four colors of its national flag.

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