Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.

More definitions
  • a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba
  • music composed for dancing the carioca
  • a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro

Examples

5 sentences
  1. We will study the Carioca accent.

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  2. I have a Carioca accent when I speak Portuguese.

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  3. The Carioca accent is famous and understood in all of Brazil.

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  4. My accent in Portuguese is called "Carioca" or that of Rio de Janeiro. Portuguese has more variations of accents than does Spanish.

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  5. Carioca is a Philippine, often ball-shaped doughnut made of sugared deep-fried ground glutinous rice with grated coconut.

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Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese carioca.

Borrowed from Portuguese carioca.

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Forms

plural: cariocas
Singularcarioca
Pluralcariocas

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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