frevo

English

Etymology

From Portuguese, said to come from ferver (“to boil”).

Noun

frevo (uncountable)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

frevo

Wikipedia

1. Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.
   • 2008 February 24, Jon Pareles, “Recalling Romance, Brazilian Rock Beats and an Age-Old Harp”, in New York Times‎:

     Musicians from Recife, Olinda and rural Pernambuco have concocted rock laced with funk; reggae; the local beats of maracatú and frevo; old rural songs; and the beats, burbles and scratches of electronica.

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

frevo

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

From a metathesized form of fervo, a deverbal from ferver (“to boil”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.bu/ [ˈfɾe.βu]

• Hyphenation: fre‧vo

Noun

frevo m (plural frevos)

1. (dance, music) frevo (style originated in Pernambuco, Brazil, characterized by a fast tempo and quasi-acrobatic movements, typically with small and colorful umbrellas and associated with carnival)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾebo/ [ˈfɾe.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ebo
• Syllabification: fre‧vo

Noun

frevo m (plural frevos)

1. frevo