kuduro
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese.
Noun[edit]
kuduro (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[edit]
style of music
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain, probably from Kimbundu ku (from mataku) or cu (“butt”) + duro (“hard”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ku‧du‧ro
Noun[edit]
kuduro 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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