kuduro
English
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editBorrowed from Portuguese.
Noun
editkuduro (uncountable)
- An energetic, danceable style of music originating in Angola, combining local styles like semba with influences from Caribbean music, especially zouk and soca.
Translations
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain, probably from Kimbundu ku (from mataku) or cu (“butt”) + duro (“hard”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ku‧du‧ro
Noun
editkuduro m (uncountable)
- (music) kuduro (danceable style of music originating in Angola)
- 2014, MARCOS DE DIOS, Ángel, La lengua portuguesa: Vol. I, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca →ISBN, page 163
- A trilha sonora é “Vem dançar com tudo”, adaptação de “Vem dançar kuduro”. A principal mudança, em relação à canção original, está na substituição da palavra angolana kuduro, um cacófato, que quer dizer, em português, “bunda dura”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014, MARCOS DE DIOS, Ángel, La lengua portuguesa: Vol. I, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca →ISBN, page 163
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