batucada

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese batucada. === Noun === batucada (countable and uncountable, plural batucadas) A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba. A musical piece composed in this style. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧tu‧ca‧da === Noun === batucada f (plural batucadas) drumming playing dance accompanied by drumming rhythm with which different percussion instruments sound when played in combination; beat (Brazil) festive gathering in which percussion instruments are played, generally accompanying songs and dances; batuque === Participle === batucada f sg feminine singular of batucado === Further reading === “batucada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “batucada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /batuˈkada/ [ba.t̪uˈka.ð̞a] Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: ba‧tu‧ca‧da === Noun === batucada f (plural batucadas) batucada === Further reading === “batucada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025