frevo

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noun

Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.

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Meanings

nounfrevo (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAny of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.

    Musicians from Recife, Olinda and rural Pernambuco have concocted rock laced with funk; reggae; the local beats of maracatú and frevo; old rural songs; and the beats, burbles and scratches of electronica.

    2008 February 24, Jon Pareles, “Recalling Romance, Brazilian Rock Beats and an Age-Old Harp”, in New York Times

Origin

From Portuguese, said to come from ferver (“to boil”).

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APA

frevo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frevo

MLA

“frevo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frevo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frevo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frevo.

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