TOP

Definition of bossa nova noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bossa nova

noun

/ˌbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/

/ˌbɑːsə ˈnəʊvə/

[uncountable, countable]

jump to other results

a style of Brazilian popular music, popular in the 1960sTopics Musicc2
Word Origin1960s: from Portuguese, from bossa ‘tendency’ and nova (feminine of novo) ‘new’.

Definitions on the go

Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

See bossa nova in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Check pronunciation: bossa nova

Nearby words

verb

From the Word list

OPAL written words

Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day