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Meanings of funk carioca in English

Portuguese
funkeira
Spanish
funk carioca
Catalan
funk carioca

Music genre originating from Rio de Janeiro.

Related terms
funkeira
Synonyms
Examples for "favela funk"
Examples for "favela funk"
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Major misstep: an inexplicable lack of Brazilian favela funk tracks about butts.
Reuters
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Hordes of tourists poured from the vans, and the favela funk masters let us pass without so much as batting an eye.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
3
"I assume you ladies are hitting up the favela funk party, right?" he asked.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
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Brazilian funk started in the 1980s in Rio's suburbs and shantytowns -also known as favelas.
BBC
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Four years earlier, Daleste started composing Brazilian funk songs that addressed crime, weapons and the murder of policemen.
BBC
3
A giant conga-line of athletes snaked around the stadium to the cheers of thousands of fans who danced in the stands to Brazilian funk music.
Radio NZ
Usage of funk carioca in English
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I could even hear funk carioca coming from the cell phones of children walking past.
Reuters
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They were wearing jeans instead of ballet dresses, and were listening to Rio's famous funk carioca music.
Reuters
3
As a teenager he found his voice through the emerging music phenomenon of the slums - funk carioca.
The Guardian
Translations for funk carioca