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birimbau

birimbau is the alternative form of berimbau.

Meaning of berimbau

Noun

berimbau (plural berimbaus)

  1. A percussion instrument, consisting of a gourd (as resonator) and a single wire stretched along a pole, used in Brazil, has a pivotal role in capoeira ensembles.

Forms of birimbau

pluralbirimbaus

Questions about birimbau

What is birimbau the alternative form of?
Birimbau is the alternative form of berimbau.

Words near birimbau in the dictionary

  1. biriba
  2. biribas
  3. biricodar
  4. birimbao
  5. birimbaos
  6. birimbau
  7. birimbaus
  8. Birimian
  9. birimose
  10. biringuccite
  11. birista

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Adapted from Wiktionary: birimbau (page history and authors); berimbau (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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