coladeira

English

Etymology

From Portuguese coladeira.

Noun

coladeira (plural coladeiras)

1. A dance and associated musical genre of Cape Verde.
   • 2007 June 28, Jon Pareles, “A Calm, Serene Presence From Islands of Nostalgia”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     She alternated slow mornas with slightly faster songs that touched on other Cape Verdean rhythms like funaná and coladeira.