carioca
noun
a modification of the samba.
carioca
1 American
[kar-ee-oh-kuh]
/ ˌkær iˈoʊ kə /
noun
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a modification of the samba.
-
the music for this dance.
Carioca
2
American
[kar-ee-oh-kuh, kah-r ee-aw-kuh]
/ ˌkær iˈoʊ kə, ˌkɑ riˈɔ kə /
noun
carioca
British
/ ˌkærɪˈəʊkə /
noun
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a Brazilian dance similar to the samba
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a piece of music composed for this dance
Etymology
Origin of carioca1
First recorded in 1930–35; after Carioca
Origin of Carioca2
1820–30; < Brazilian Portuguese < Tupi, equivalent to cari white + oca house or boca descendant of
Example Sentences
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And while Brazilian pop ambassador Anitta introduced MTV’s core audience to funk carioca, those of us at De Los were introduced to Stephen Sanchez, the California-born country star making waves in Nashville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Over the next few years, the sound was repurposed in a variety of new contexts, alongside cumbia, funk carioca and other styles.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
And, on Sundays, half of Rio’s waterfront highway is closed to traffic, making the distinctive orange bikes a quintessentially carioca way to reach the beach.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2019
Ms. Pinheiro is a born-and-bred carioca, as Rio natives are known, unlike Ms. Bündchen, who hails from Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, bordering Argentina and Uruguay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2016
The music ended, and a voice announced in laboriously classic Portuguese, with only a trace of the guttural tonation of the carioca, that the most important news items of the day would be given.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Harry Bates
At the famed Casa Carioca nightclub in southern Germany, I danced one memorable night away.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Police said they plan to occupy other nearby favelas, such as Manguinhos, Bandeira 2 and Conjunto Morar Carioca.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2022
In the city of Pará de Minas, authorities were monitoring the Carioca hydroelectric dam amid concerns it could burst.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2022
She created stars like Tahia Carioca, the “Arab Marilyn Monroe,” who was married 14 times and famously slapped Egypt’s King Farouk when he threw an ice cube down her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
But at once he rejected the idea, angry with himself, and hastened his step towards Carioca square, there to take a tilbury.
From Brazilian Tales by Isaac Goldberg
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