flamenco

adj.

1 flamenco.

2 Flemish, of Belgium.

m.

1 flamenco, flamenco music, flamenco dance style.

2 flamingo.

3 Fleming, native or inhabitant of Flanders.

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flamenco

► adjetivo

1 (de Flandes) Flemish

2 (gitano) Andalusian gypsy

3 (música) flamenco

4 (robusto) sturdy; (saludable) healthy

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona) Fleming

► nombre masculino flamenco

1 (idioma) Flemish

2 (música) flamenco music, flamenco

3 (ave) flamingo

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flamenco

► nombre masculino

1 (idioma) Flemish

2 (música) flamenco music, flamenco

3 (ave) flamingo

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I

SM (=ave) flamingo

II flamenco, -a

1. ADJ

1) (Geog) Flemish

2) (Mús) flamenco

cante flamenco — flamenco

3) pey flashy, vulgar, gaudy

4)

ponerse flamenco — * (=engreído) to get cocky *

5) CAm = flaco

2.

SM / F (=persona) Fleming

los flamencos — the Flemings, the Flemish

3. SM

1) (Mús) flamenco

2) (Ling) Flemish

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I

-ca adjetivo

1) <cante/baile> flamenco (before n)

ponerse flamenco — (Esp) to get sassy (AmE colloq), to get stroppy (BrE colloq)

2) (de Flandes) Flemish

3) (de aspecto sano) strong and healthy-looking

II

-ca masculino, femenino (Geog) Fleming

los Flamencos — the Flemish

III

masculino

1) (Mús) flamenco

2) (idioma) Flemish

3) (Zool) flamingo

•• Cultural note:

flamenco

Flamenco is performed in three forms: guitar, singing, and dancing. Its origins lie with the gypsies, and many of the best cantaores (flamenco singers), bailaores (dancers), and guitarists are gypsies. There are also Arabic and North African influences. Modern flamenco blends traditional forms with rock, jazz, and salsa. Guitarists are soloists in their own right, not just accompanists. Most flamenco songs are folk songs, modified by oral tradition, on a wide range of subjects. The music and lyrics are improvised and never written down. An integral part of traditional flamenco is the duende, the idea that the performer becomes inspired by the emotion of the music or dance. But as flamenco becomes commercialized, rehearsed performances are more likely than spontaneous music and dancing

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I

-ca adjetivo

1) <cante/baile> flamenco (before n)

ponerse flamenco — (Esp) to get sassy (AmE colloq), to get stroppy (BrE colloq)

2) (de Flandes) Flemish

3) (de aspecto sano) strong and healthy-looking

II

-ca masculino, femenino (Geog) Fleming

los Flamencos — the Flemish

III

masculino

1) (Mús) flamenco

2) (idioma) Flemish

3) (Zool) flamingo

•• Cultural note:

flamenco

Flamenco is performed in three forms: guitar, singing, and dancing. Its origins lie with the gypsies, and many of the best cantaores (flamenco singers), bailaores (dancers), and guitarists are gypsies. There are also Arabic and North African influences. Modern flamenco blends traditional forms with rock, jazz, and salsa. Guitarists are soloists in their own right, not just accompanists. Most flamenco songs are folk songs, modified by oral tradition, on a wide range of subjects. The music and lyrics are improvised and never written down. An integral part of traditional flamenco is the duende, the idea that the performer becomes inspired by the emotion of the music or dance. But as flamenco becomes commercialized, rehearsed performances are more likely than spontaneous music and dancing

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flamenco¹

¹ = Flemish.

Ex: In the Flemish speaking region of Belgium students taking library and information science follow the same syllabus at all universities = En la región de habla flamenca de Bélgica los estudiantes de biblioteconomía y documentación siguen el mismo plan de estudios en todas las universidades.

flamenco²

² = flamingo [flamingoes/gos, -pl.].

Ex: Flamingoes are some of the only creatures designed to survive in the caustic environment of a volcanic lake.

flamenco³

³ = flamenco.

Ex: The religious significance attached to the bullfight, flamenco & Passion Week celebrations in Andalusia, Spain, is examined.

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flamenco¹ -ca

adjective

A ‹cante/baile› flamenco (before n)

ponerse flamenco (Esp fam); to get sassy (AmE colloq), to get stroppy (BrE colloq)

B (de Flandes) Flemish

C (Esp) (de aspecto sano) strong and healthy-looking

flamenco² -ca

masculine, feminine

(Geog) Fleming

los Flamencos the Flemish

flamenco³

masculine

flamenco (↑ flamenco a1)

A (Mús) flamenco

B (idioma) Flemish

C (Zool) flamingo

CULTURAL NOTE

flamenco

Flamenco is performed in three forms: guitar, singing, and dancing. Its origins lie with the gypsies, and many of the best cantaores (flamenco singers), bailaores (dancers), and guitarists are gypsies. There are also Arabic and North African influences.

Modern flamenco blends traditional forms with rock, jazz, and salsa. Guitarists are soloists in their own right, not just accompanists. Most flamenco songs are folk songs, modified by oral tradition, on a wide range of subjects. The music and lyrics are improvised and never written down.

An integral part of traditional flamenco is the duende, the idea that the performer becomes inspired by the emotion of the music or dance. But as flamenco becomes commercialized, rehearsed performances are more likely than spontaneous music and dancing.

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flamenco 1

◊ -ca adjetivo

1 ‹cante/baile› flamenco (before n)
2 (de Flandes) Flemish
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
Fleming;

◊ los flamencos the Flemish

flamenco 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (Mús) flamenco
2 (idioma) Flemish
3 (Zool) flamingo
flamenco,-a
I adjetivo
1 Mús flamenco
2 (de Flandes) Flemish
II sustantivo masculino
1 Mús flamenco
2 Orn flamingo
3 (idioma) Flemish
'flamenco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bailaor
- bailaora
- cantaor
- cantaora
- cante
- encarnar
- flamenca
- tablao
- zapateado
English:
dancer
- flamingo
- Flemish

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flamenco, -a

♦ adj

1. [música, baile] flamenco;

cante/espectáculo flamenco flamenco singing/show

2. [de Flandes] Flemish

3. Esp Fam [robusto, saludable]

está muy flamenca she's bursting with health and vitality

4. Esp Fam [chulo] cocky;

ponerse flamenco (con alguien) to get cocky (with sb)

5. Carib, Méx [flaco] skinny

♦ nm,f

[persona] Fleming;

los flamencos the Flemish

♦ nm

1. [ave] flamingo

2. [lengua] Flemish

3. [música, baile] flamenco

FLAMENCO

Although often seen as synonymous with Spanish culture abroad, flamenco originated in the southern region of Andalusia. It has deep roots in Gypsy, Arab and Jewish music, and it is Spain’s “gitanos” (gypsies) who have kept it flourishing to the present day. Originally, flamenco consisted of unaccompanied singing (“cante”). Later this was accompanied by flamenco guitar (“toque”), rhythmic hand clapping (“palmas”), rhythmic feet stamping (“zapateado”) and dance (“baile”). The castanets (“castañuelas”) so often associated with flamenco were introduced only later. Flamenco is actually a catch-all term for a wide range of musical styles, which range from the strangulated emotive sobbing of “cante jondo” (one of the most traditional forms), to the work of new artists who are producing catchy rock and pop versions of flamenco.

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flamenco

I adj MÚS flamenco atr ;

ponerse flamenco get smart o fresh;

estar muy flamenco para su edad fam be in pretty good shape for one’s age

II m

1 MÚS flamenco

2 ZO flamingo

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flamenco, -ca adj

1) : flamenco

2) : Flemish

flamenco, -ca n

: Fleming, Flemish person

flamenco nm

1) : Flemish (language)

2) : flamingo

3) : flamenco (music or dance)

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flamenco¹ adj (cante) flamenco

flamenco² n

1. (cante) flamenco

2. (ave) flamingo [pl. flamingos o flamingoes]