picanha

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese picanha. === Noun === picanha (countable and uncountable, plural picanhas) A cut of beef consisting of the biceps femoris muscle and its fat cap. Synonyms: rump cap, rump cover, sirloin cap, coulotte ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese picanha === Noun === picanha f (plural picanhas) picanha (a cut of beefsteak) ==== Hypernyms ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Spanish picaña, from earlier picana (“cattle prod”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧nha === Noun === picanha f (plural picanhas) picanha (cut of beef) ==== Descendants ==== → English: picanha → French: picanha === References === === Further reading === “picanha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026