contradança

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English country dance, through French contredanse.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈdɐ̃.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈdɐ̃.sɐ/ [kõ.tɾɐˈðɐ̃.sɐ]

Hyphenation: con‧tra‧dan‧ça

Noun[edit]

contradança f (plural contradanças)

contra dance, quadrille
(figuratively) successive changes; back and forth

Derived terms[edit]

verbs

contradançar

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