Flamenco
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Flamenco is a noun meaning (uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
Meaning
(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
More Meanings
- (countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
- (intransitive) To dance flamenco.
Example Sentences
"Can you flamenco?" "If I have to. How about you?" "Love, I can barely waltz. Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough."
La Niña was so goddam terrific that after a month of singing with the vocal trio, she was singing solo and she was dancing a flamenco better'n a gypsy fireball!
Behind them on horseback sat six men, two with guitars, one with a trumpet, and three women also on horses: Nadia, an older woman, and the girl Gus had flamencoed with.
It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
Word Forms
- flamencos
- flamencoing
- flamencoed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flemish, flamingo, fleming, fandango, farruca, furlana.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.