Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frevo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: fre-vo
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Musicians from Recife, Olinda and rural Pernambuco have concocted rock laced with funk; reggae; the local beats of maracatú and frevo; old rural songs; and the beats, burbles and scratches of electronica."

Etymology

From Portuguese, said to come from ferver (“to boil”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does frevo mean?: Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.
Where does frevo come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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