What does «catira» mean in Spanish?
- Species of bitter yucca.
♦ Used in: Venezuela - Female soldier or woman who follows armies on campaign.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Woman with blonde hair.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Cuba - Ecuador - Venezuela - Said of the roan horse, with light pink fleeces.
- Pilsner beer, blonde.
♦ Used in: Venezuela
Examples of use in Spanish: "quiero tomar una catira bien fría".
- Arepa stuffed with stewed chicken, marinated and accompanied with gouda cheese (yellow). This dish resembles a blond hair, hence its name.
♦ Used in: Venezuela - Vagina.
♦ Used in: Salvador - Brazilian folk dance, in which the musical rhythm is marked by the rhythm of the feet and hands of the dancers. Also known in Portuguese as cateretê. Of hybrid origin, with indigenous, African and European influences, the catira has choreography represented in Brazil, (boiadeiros and peasants) and can be formed by six to ten components and another pair of violeiros, who play and sing the fashion. It is a typical dance of the interior of Brazil, mainly in the areas of influence of the sertanejo culture (Mato Grosso, Goiás, northern Paraná, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins and mainly São Paulo).
- (La catira) Novel by Camilo José Cela from 1955. It was commissioned by the government of Venezuelan dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez to this writer as international propaganda for his government. In "La Catira", Pipía Sánchez, a haughty woman, Cela projected a false llanera language and ethnicity.