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Carioca

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil; in full, the Carioca River.
Noun
  1. 1
    A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.

    "In the final phase, the athlete works in non-cleated shoes on starts, stops, jumps, rounded side-step cuts, and crossover cuts, advancing to hard 90° cuts, and running tighter and tighter figures-of-eight. Defensive backs run sideways and backward and perform carioca (crossover) steps."

  2. 2
    A native or inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    "Needless to say, a true Carioca never makes mistakes when dealing with money."

  3. 3
    a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba wordnet
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Carioca. alt-of, alternative

    "But, for someone looking at it objectively, the relationship is a deceptive one – because at the same time as cariocas can't be seen working (shut up as they are in offices, government institutions and commercial establishments), everyone can see cariocas not working."

  5. 5
    music composed for dancing the carioca wordnet
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  1. 6
    a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Portuguese carioca.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Carioca.

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