What is the Brazilian Portuguese name for spring rolls listed on Wikipedia?

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The Brazilian Portuguese name for spring rolls listed on Wikipedia is rolinhos-primavera.

Rolinhos-primavera is an approximate translation of “spring rolls”: rolinhos means “little rolls,” and primavera means “spring.” In Brazil, the dish is especially associated with Chinese restaurants, Japanese restaurants, buffet-style fast-food restaurants, and the country’s large East Asian food scene. It is often served with molho agridoce, a sweet-and-sour dipping sauce.

Brazilian spring rolls are commonly fried and filled with vegetables, though restaurant versions may include meat or other savory ingredients. The sweet-and-sour sauce may be bright red and can contain ingredients such as ketchup, vinegar, sugar, onion, sweet pepper, and sometimes spices. Japanese restaurants may instead serve the rolls plain or with soy sauce.

There is a useful naming wrinkle: some Brazilian Japanese restaurants and diners also use the Japanese term harumaki, or even the English phrase “spring roll.” That does not displace rolinhos-primavera as the Brazilian Portuguese name asked for here. The other options are not standard Brazilian Portuguese names for this food: coxinhas are a separate Brazilian snack, while bolinhos de arroz means rice fritters and pastéis chineses is not the listed term.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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