Posted by WD10 on 09/05/05 22:04

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:08:42 +0200, Els wrote:

> WD10 wrote:
>
>>>> A beach, a hammock, and a cavaquinho... :S
>>>
>>> No no, that should be uma praia bonita, uma rede debaixo de um arvore,
>>> um cavaquinho e uma pinga ;-)
>>
>> :) What is a pinga? I'm trying to learn Português but can't really speak...
>
> A pinga is a strong alcoholic drink made out of sugarcane iirc. Most
> Brazilians drink it with sugar and lemon. A lot of shops sell it
> really cheap, but I'm guessing that's the home made variety :-)

Cachaça? I never knew it was called pinga also. A capirinha would work
nicely :)

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