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afoxe

US/ɑfoʊˈʃeɪ/

afoxe noun: a genre of Afro-Brazilian music.

Noun

afoxe (uncountable)

  1. A genre of Afro-Brazilian music.
    • "Afros E Afoxes de Bahia" offers a sampling of afros and afoxe groups and features singers such as Gilberto Gil and Margareth Menezes.1990 December 28, Fernando Gonzalez, “Two Daring Journeys into Brazilian Music”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016
    • It now brings together son, guajira, guaracha with New Orleans funk, Nigerian Afrobeat, South American cumbia, James Brown rhythms, Haitian compas, Brazilian afoxe, New York City boogaloo and even jam-band stuff predicated on electric guitars as much as hand drums.2007 May 17, Ben Ratliff, “Cuban Music, Good for Dancing, and for Thinking About as Well”, in New York Times

Origin of afoxe

From Portuguese afoxé.

Questions about afoxe

What does afoxe mean?
Afoxe means a genre of Afro-Brazilian music.
What part of speech is afoxe?
Afoxe is a noun.
How do you pronounce afoxe?
Afoxe is pronounced /ɑfoʊˈʃeɪ/ (US).

Words near afoxe in the dictionary

  1. afortiori
  2. AFOs
  3. afoul
  4. afoveate
  5. afovirsen
  6. afoxe
  7. afoxolaner
  8. AFP
  9. AFPAC
  10. AFPACs
  11. AfPak

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