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botafogo

botafogo noun: a dance step in samba.

Noun

botafogo (plural botafogos)

  1. A dance step in samba.
    • Four basics, four whisks, three samba walks, one side-samba walk, then two botafogos, four voltas and a maypole.2010, Christine Darcas, Spinning Out, page 318
    • The two of us started doing some basic steps and Sinclair added some ballroom steps like whisks, botafogos, and turning volta steps.2023, Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Kathleen A. Spanos, Dancing in the World: Revealing Cultural Confluences, page 1979

Forms of botafogo

pluralbotafogos

Origin of botafogo

From Botafogo in Brazil.

Questions about botafogo

What does botafogo mean?
Botafogo means a dance step in samba.
What part of speech is botafogo?
Botafogo is a noun.
What is the plural of botafogo?
The plural of botafogo is botafogos.

Words near botafogo in the dictionary

  1. bot-flies
  2. bot-fly
  3. bota bag
  4. bota bags
  5. Botad
  6. botafogo
  7. botafogos
  8. botak
  9. botallackite
  10. botallackites
  11. botamochi

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