anarriê

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French en arrière (“backwards”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.ʁiˈe/ [a.na.hɪˈe], (faster pronunciation) /a.naˈʁje/ [a.naˈhje]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.ʁiˈe/ [a.na.hɪˈe], (faster pronunciation) /a.naˈʁje/ [a.naˈhje]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.na.ʁiˈe/ [a.na.χɪˈe], (faster pronunciation) /a.naˈʁje/ [a.naˈχje]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐˈʁje/

• Hyphenation: a‧nar‧ri‧ê

Interjection

anarriê!

1. (Brazil) A command used during quadrilha dances to tell the participants to go back to their original places. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

See also

• alavantú
• balancê
• changê