batucada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese batucada.

Noun

batucada (countable and uncountable, plural batucadas)

1. A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba.
   • 2008 May 25, Larry Rohter, “Puerto Rico Gets Its Moment in the Sun (the Political One) as Primary Nears”, in New York Times‎:

     She has not only employed television and radio advertisements in Spanish and English, but has also sent batucada percussion ensembles and mobile loudspeakers playing reggaetón chants into the streets to spread her message.

2. A musical piece composed in this style.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.tuˈka.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.tuˈka.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.tuˈka.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.tuˈka.dɐ/ [bɐ.tuˈka.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: ba‧tu‧ca‧da

Noun

batucada f (plural batucadas)

1. drumming playing
2. dance accompanied by drumming
3. rhythm with which different percussion instruments sound when played in combination (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. (Brazil) festive gathering in which percussion instruments are played, generally accompanying songs and dances; batuque

Participle

batucada f sg

1. feminine singular of batucado

Further reading

• “batucada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “batucada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batuˈkada/ [ba.t̪uˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧tu‧ca‧da

Noun

batucada f (plural batucadas)

1. batucada

Further reading

• “batucada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024