How to Pronounce Capoeira

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"Hello, my name is Cavalo with Capoeira Maculele, Miami. The word Capoeira has been butchered so many times you know, throughout its history. Especially now that it's become, it's starting to become mainstream in the U.S. People may not be able to actually pronounce the actual word in Portuguese. So after that everything from Capuyera to Capueera. I get phone calls with people mispronouncing and I'm always trying you know, correct them, as soon as they make that mistake. It's a Portuguese word and it's actually like, it's actually Tupi-Guarani word. Which is, they're actual Amazonian tribe, it means low standing grass. And it's actually, actually pronounced Cop-oh-aye-rah. O.k., Cop-oh-aye-rah. Cop as in police officer, cop, Aye, not air, Aye as in you're calling somebody. Cop-oh-aye-rah. The R, A at the end is, you've got to do a little roll of the tongue and it's Rah. So it's Cop-oh-aye-rah."