alavantú

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French en avant toute (“forward ho!”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.la.vɐ̃ˈtu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ.vɐ̃ˈtu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ.vɐ̃ˈtu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ.bɐ̃ˈtu/ [ɐ.lɐ.βɐ̃ˈtu]

• Hyphenation: a‧la‧van‧tú

Interjection

alavantú!

1. (Brazil) A command used during quadrilha dances to tell all of the participants to go forward. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

See also

• anarriê
• balancê
• changê