csardas
9.9
A traditional Hungarian dance with a slow introduction and a fast lively section
- noun
- /ˈʧɑrdɑs/
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csárdás
- During the celebration, we learned the csardas, a traditional Hungarian dance that features both slow and fast movements.
Examples
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The orchestra played a beautiful csardas that started slowly and built up into a vibrant tempo.
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They open the program with something called "Hot Paprika," then a little Liszt, a little Lehar, a Csardas or two, and at five minutes before 10:00, they always play "Fascination."
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At the festival, dancers performed a lively csardas that captivated everyone in the audience.
Synonyms
czardas
vscsardas
1
9.9
A Hungarian dance and music that starts slow and ends fast
is the same term but spelled with a different orthography
Surface Forms
Etymology
Csardas comes from the Hungarian word csárda, meaning 'tavern' or 'inn', because people used to dance this in village inns. So a csardas is a traditional folk dance and a piece of music for that dance that often begins slow and then becomes fast.