flamenco
Americannoun
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flamencos
plural
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a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Roma, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
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a style of instrumental or vocal music originating in southern Spain and typically of an intensely rhythmic, improvisatory character, performed by itself or as an accompaniment to flamenco dancing.
adjective
noun
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a type of dance music for vocal soloist and guitar, characterized by elaborate melody and sad mood
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the dance performed to such music
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of flamenco
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish flamenco “pertaining to the Andalusian Roma,” literally, Fleming 1 (in the sense “a native of Flanders”); the sense shift is variously explained
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On her 2018 album, “El Mal Querer,” Rosalía—she performs under her first name—fused flamenco forms with electronic pop inspired by various urbano styles from the Latin American streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
After the acclaim for her breakthrough album, El Mal Querer, which fused flamenco with R&B rhythms, and her genre-defying follow-up, Motomami, Rosalia offers an orchestral meditation on faith and femininity.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
The exhibition brings together more than 50 works by the artist, considered to be one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century, and will feature an accompanying performance programme of dance and flamenco.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
The number was rooted in centuries-old Spanish flamenco music that had spread in all directions, becoming a classical music melody and a Hollywood soundtrack go-to by the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
Suddenly, she removed her shoes and began stamping on the shells in her bare feet, slowly at first, then faster and faster in a mad flamenco, her arms thrown up in the air.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Then I started meeting other flamencos and got turned on to their music and their history and seeing how that connected to my universe.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2016
She swirled in flamencos, glided through a waltz, and in the purple breeches of a matador climaxed a gymnastic bullfight on pointes as delicately as a Russian ballerina.
From Time Magazine Archive
Don Francisco's maid screeched flamencos and his dog howled.
From Time Magazine Archive
The strumming of flamencos on a brae Were not more singular.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then, life has been a dizzying, prosperous round of flamencos on movie sets, stages and nightclub floors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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