Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coladeira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: co-ladeira
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dance and associated musical genre of Cape Verde.

Example Sentences

"She alternated slow mornas with slightly faster songs that touched on other Cape Verdean rhythms like funaná and coladeira."

Etymology

From Portuguese coladeira.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: coladeira

Inflected Forms

coladeiras (plural)

Questions

What does coladeira mean?: A dance and associated musical genre of Cape Verde.
Where does coladeira come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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