sambódromo
See also: sambodromo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese sambódromo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sambódromo m (plural sambódromos)
- sambadrome (exhibition place for samba schools in Brazil)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Brazilian politician and academic Darcy Ribeiro in the 1980's, from samba + -o- + -dromo.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔdɾumu
- Hyphenation: sam‧bó‧dro‧mo
Noun edit
sambódromo m (plural sambódromos)
- sambadrome (exhibition place for samba schools in Brazil)
Descendants edit
- → English: sambadrome
- → French: sambodrome
- → Galician: sambódromo
- → Greek: σαμποδρόμιο (sampodrómio)
- → Italian: sambodromo
- → Japanese: サンボードロモ
- → Spanish: sambódromo
Further reading edit
- “sambódromo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “sambódromo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “sambódromo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “sambódromo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “sambódromo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese sambódromo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sambódromo m (plural sambódromos)
- sambadrome (exhibition place for samba schools in Brazil)
- (figuratively) a great variety of different things
- 2015 September 18, David Díaz, “Deportes Nacionales: comer tortilla de patata en un bar”, in El País[1]:
- Hemos pasado de la tortilla paisana, la jardinera o la campera al sambódromo más absoluto, con tortillas de patata que incluyen piña, anchoas, pepinillos, aceitunas negras y, aunque no lo creáis, hasta jengibre y aguacate.
- We have gone from the rustic, the vegetable and country-style omelets to the most absolute diversity, with Spanish omelets including pineapple, anchovies, pickles, black olives and, believe it or not, even ginger or avocado.