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

   1 more example

   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