German

Noun

Flamenco m

1. flamenco (Spanish dance)

English

Noun

flamenco ‎(plural flamencos)

1. (uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
   • 2010, Mike Marqusee, The Guardian, 5 Feb 2010:

     It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.

2. (countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
   • 1977, Tennessee Williams, Vieux Carré, I.3:

     La Niña was so goddam terrific that after a month of singing with the vocal trio, she was singing solo and she was dancing a flamenco better'n a gypsy fireball!

Derived terms

• flamenco guitar

Translations

See also

• fandango

French

Noun

flamenco m ‎(plural flamencos)

1. flamenco (music, dance)

Spanish

Etymology

From Dutch flaming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaˈmenko/

Adjective

flamenco m ‎(feminine singular flamenca, masculine plural flamencos, feminine plural flamencas)

1. Flemish
2. (attributive) flamenco
3. (colloquial) insolent, cheeky

Noun

flamenco m ‎(plural flamencos)

1. flamingo (bird)
2. flamenco (music)
3. flamenco (dance)
4. A Flemish person

flamenco m ‎(uncountable)

1. The Flemish language.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Flandes

See also

• bailaor
• bailaora