maracatu

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese maracatu.

Noun

maracatu (uncountable)

  1. A Brazilian performance genre involving parades and music.
    • 2008 January 15, Jon Pareles, “To See (and Hear) the World in Five Hours: Unique Sounds Ripe for Import”, in New York Times‎:
      Nation Beat, from exotic Brooklyn, uses the maracatu beat and rabeca fiddle of northeastern Brazil, and it has a Brazilian singer, Liliana Araújo.

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

maracatu m (uncountable)

  1. maracatu

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Spanish

Noun

maracatu m (uncountable)

  1. maracatu
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