batuque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈtu.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈtu.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈtu.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtu.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧tu‧que

Etymology 1

Unknown. Might be related to bater.

Noun

batuque m (plural batuques)

1. (music) type of African drum
2. (by extension) the drumming sound associated with this instrument
3. (by extension, dance) type of dance accompanied by this instrument

Derived terms

• batucar

Etymology 2

Verb

batuque

1. inflection of batucar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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