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English

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Etymology

From Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (Fleming) (> Dutch Vlaming).

Pronunciation

Noun

flamenco (countable and uncountable, plural flamencos)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
    • 2010 February 5, Mike Marqusee, The Guardian:
      It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
  2. (countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
    • 1977, Tennessee Williams, Vieux Carré, I.3:
      La Niña was so goddam terrific that after a month of singing with the vocal trio, she was singing solo and she was dancing a flamenco better'n a gypsy fireball!

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Verb

flamenco (third-person singular simple present flamencos, present participle flamencoing, simple past and past participle flamencoed)

  1. (intransitive) To dance flamenco.
    • 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 212:
      "Can you flamenco?" "If I have to. How about you?" "Love, I can barely waltz. Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough."
    • 2011, Yvonne Harris, A River to Cross, Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 129:
      Behind them on horseback sat six men, two with guitars, one with a trumpet, and three women also on horses: Nadia, an older woman, and the girl Gus had flamencoed with.

Asturian

Adjective

flamenco

  1. neuter of flamencu

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc.

Pronunciation

Noun

flamenco

  1. flamenco

Declension

Inflection of flamenco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative flamenco flamencot
genitive flamencon flamencojen
partitive flamencoa flamencoja
illative flamencoon flamencoihin
singular plural
nominative flamenco flamencot
accusative nom. flamenco flamencot
gen. flamencon
genitive flamencon flamencojen
partitive flamencoa flamencoja
inessive flamencossa flamencoissa
elative flamencosta flamencoista
illative flamencoon flamencoihin
adessive flamencolla flamencoilla
ablative flamencolta flamencoilta
allative flamencolle flamencoille
essive flamencona flamencoina
translative flamencoksi flamencoiksi
abessive flamencotta flamencoitta
instructive flamencoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of flamenco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative flamenconi flamenconi
accusative nom. flamenconi flamenconi
gen. flamenconi
genitive flamenconi flamencojeni
partitive flamencoani flamencojani
inessive flamencossani flamencoissani
elative flamencostani flamencoistani
illative flamencooni flamencoihini
adessive flamencollani flamencoillani
ablative flamencoltani flamencoiltani
allative flamencolleni flamencoilleni
essive flamenconani flamencoinani
translative flamencokseni flamencoikseni
abessive flamencottani flamencoittani
instructive
comitative flamencoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative flamencosi flamencosi
accusative nom. flamencosi flamencosi
gen. flamencosi
genitive flamencosi flamencojesi
partitive flamencoasi flamencojasi
inessive flamencossasi flamencoissasi
elative flamencostasi flamencoistasi
illative flamencoosi flamencoihisi
adessive flamencollasi flamencoillasi
ablative flamencoltasi flamencoiltasi
allative flamencollesi flamencoillesi
essive flamenconasi flamencoinasi
translative flamencoksesi flamencoiksesi
abessive flamencottasi flamencoittasi
instructive
comitative flamencoinesi

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French

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos)

  1. flamenco (music, dance)

Further reading

Polish

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flamenco

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish flamenco. Doublet of Flamand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaˈmɛŋ.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkɔ
  • Syllabification: fla‧men‧co

Noun

flamenco n (indeclinable)

  1. flamenco (genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, Spain)
  2. flamenco (song or a dance in such a style)

Further reading

  • flamenco in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • flamenco in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish flamenco.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fla‧men‧co

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos)

  1. flamenco (a genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish flamenco.

Noun

flamenco n (uncountable)

  1. flamenco

Declension

Declension of flamenco
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative flamenco flamencoul
genitive-dative flamenco flamencoului
vocative flamencoule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Vlaming.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaˈmenko/
  • Rhymes: -enko
  • Syllabification: fla‧men‧co

Adjective

flamenco (feminine flamenca, masculine plural flamencos, feminine plural flamencas)

  1. Flemish
  2. (relational) flamenco
  3. (colloquial) insolent, cheeky

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos, feminine flamenca, feminine plural flamencas)

  1. Fleming, a Flemish person

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos)

  1. flamingo (bird)
  2. flamenco (music)
  3. flamenco (dance)

Derived terms

(bird):
(music, dance):

Descendants

Noun

flamenco m (uncountable)

  1. Flemish (the standard variety of Dutch used in Belgium)
  2. Flemish (a group of Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium)

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish flamenco.

Noun

flamenco c

  1. (music, dance) flamenco

Declension

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