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
- [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.
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