flamenco
noun/fləˈmeŋkəʊ/
/fləˈmeŋkəʊ/
(plural flamencos)
- [uncountable, countable] a fast exciting Spanish dance that is usually danced to music played on a guitar
- flamenco dancing
- to dance flamenco
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [uncountable] the guitar music that is played for this dance
- to play some flamenco
Word Originlate 19th cent.: Spanish, ‘like a Gypsy’, literally ‘Fleming’, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc.
Check pronunciation:
flamenco