xaxado

Portuguese

Etymology

From xá-xá (“onomatopoeia denoting the noise made by the cangaceiros' sandals as they strike the sand during the dance”) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈʃa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈʃa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈʃa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈʃa.du/ [ʃɐˈʃa.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: xa‧xa‧do

Noun

xaxado m (plural xaxados)

1. (Brazil, ethnography, dance) a dance created in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, which was often practiced by cangaceiros of the region to commemorate victory in battle

Further reading

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