Phrase guide
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noun
A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The music of that dance.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The music of that dance.
A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From colloquial Brazilian Portuguese bossa (“inclination, propensity, trend”, literally “protuberance”) + nova (“new”). Compare the English expression new wave, or the French nouvelle vague.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
