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reco-reco

reco-reco noun: a scraped percussion instrument used in Brazilian music, traditionally having a sawtooth-notched cylindrical body made of bamboo or wood, and played with a wooden stick.

reco-reco: a scraped percussion instrument used in Brazilian music, traditionally having a sawtooth-notched...
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Noun

reco-reco (plural reco-recos)

  1. A scraped percussion instrument used in Brazilian music, traditionally having a sawtooth-notched cylindrical body made of bamboo or wood, and played with a wooden stick.

Forms of reco-reco

pluralreco-recos

Origin of reco-reco

Borrowed from Portuguese reco-reco.

Questions about reco-reco

What does reco-reco mean?
Reco-reco means a scraped percussion instrument used in Brazilian music, traditionally having a sawtooth-notched cylindrical body made of bamboo or wood, and played with a wooden stick.
What part of speech is reco-reco?
Reco-reco is a noun.
What is the plural of reco-reco?
The plural of reco-reco is reco-recos.

Words near reco-reco in the dictionary

  1. reclusory
  2. recluster
  3. reclustered
  4. reclustering
  5. reclusters
  6. reco-reco
  7. reco-recos
  8. recoach
  9. recoached
  10. recoaches
  11. recoaching

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