carioca

car·i·o·ca

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kar-ee-oh-kuh]
- /ˌkær iˈoʊ kə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kar-ee-oh-kuh]
- /ˌkær iˈoʊ kə/

Definitions of carioca word

noun carioca a Brazilian dance similar to the samba 3
noun carioca a piece of music composed for this dance 3
noun carioca a person born or living in Rio de Janeiro 3
noun carioca a native of Rio de Janeiro. 1

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Origin of carioca

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35; after Carioca

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Parts of speech for Carioca

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Carioca

carioca popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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