carioca

¹ American  

[kar-ee-oh-kuh] / ˌkær iˈoʊ kə /

noun

1. a modification of the samba.

2. the music for this dance.

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Carioca ² American  

[kar-ee-oh-kuh, kah-ree-aw-kuh] / ˌkær iˈoʊ kə, ˌkɑ riˈɔ kə /

noun

1. a native of Rio de Janeiro.

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carioca British  

/ ˌkærɪˈəʊkə /

noun

1. a Brazilian dance similar to the samba

2. a piece of music composed for this dance

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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

Anitta came up as a choir girl in the church she attended with her maternal grandparents, but funk carioca, Brazil’s friskier, rhythmic approach to hip-hop, had captivated the singer from a young age.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

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 Bates, Harry