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flamenco

flamenco

12 5.4
A passionate Spanish music and dance with guitar and strong movements
  • noun
  • /fləˈmɛŋkoʊ/
translation icon : flamenco
  • The performance of flamenco captured everyone's attention with its intense passion and rhythm.
  • flamenco aficionados
  • flamenco tradition
  • flamenco dance

And a lot of the movements comes from that technique instead of flamenco.

Examples

  • The basic rhythms and melodic lines to fifteen flamenco dances are included as well.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The flamenco dancers could perform during the drama club's intermission.

  • How did you know I love flamenco?

  • For example, the American Flamenco Company was just featured there.

    Academic text (2015)
  • By searching the site for flamenco, one can find out about companies that are currently dancing flamenco.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If this is what they call "real" flamenco, then it is something very moving, both personally and emotionally.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I always had a fantasy of being a flamenco dancer.

  • Someone's playing a flamenco guitar and the gang is singing a Spanish song.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • If you've ever seen a flamenco guitarist use all their fingers, this should remind you of this.

  • Such widespread popularity of flamenco, however, elicits a local reaction in Andalusia.

    Academic text (1998)

How Passionate

flamenco
12 5.4
tango
35 3.5
waltz
24 3.4

Surface Forms

flamenco singular
flamencos plural

Etymology

The word flamenco has an uncertain past; one common idea is that it came from the Spanish word flamenco meaning 'Flemish'. A helpful way to remember flamenco is to think of flame, because the dance and music are like a 'fire' of strong feeling, which explains its passionate style.