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marrabenta

marrabenta noun: a genre of popular Mozambican dance music.

Noun

marrabenta (uncountable)

  1. A genre of popular Mozambican dance music.

Origin of marrabenta

Possibly from Portuguese rebentar (“to break”) (arrabentar in the local vernacular).

Questions about marrabenta

What does marrabenta mean?
Marrabenta means a genre of popular Mozambican dance music.
What part of speech is marrabenta?
Marrabenta is a noun.

Words near marrabenta in the dictionary

  1. marquisship
  2. marquisships
  3. Marr
  4. marra
  5. marRAB
  6. marrabenta
  7. Marrable
  8. Marraffa
  9. Marraffas
  10. Marrakech
  11. Marrakesh

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