xaxado
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From xá-xá (“onomatopoeia denoting the noise made by the cangaceiros' sandals as they strike the sand during the dance”) + -ado.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -adu
- Hyphenation: xa‧xa‧do
Noun
[edit]xaxado m (plural xaxados)
- (Brazil, ethnography, dance) a dance created in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, which was often practiced by cangaceiros of the region to commemorate victory in battle
Further reading
[edit]- “xaxado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “xaxado”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024