capoeira

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
  2. (countable) A practitioner of this martial art.

Translations

Frequency

35k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kæpəˈweəɹə/
Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology.

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