batuque

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧tu‧que === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Might be related to bater. ==== Noun ==== batuque m (plural batuques) (music) type of African drum (by extension) the drumming sound associated with this instrument (by extension, dance) type of dance accompanied by this instrument ===== Derived terms ===== batucar === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== batuque inflection of batucar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “batuque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “batuque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026