afoxé
Portuguese, noun/a.foˈʃɛ/
afoxé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “afoxe (genre of Afro-Brazilian music)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento musical composto de uma cabaça pequena redonda, recoberta com uma rede de bolinhas de plástico”.
What does afoxé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineafoxe (genre of Afro-Brazilian music)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento musical composto de uma cabaça pequena redonda, recoberta com uma rede de bolinhas de plástico 2. ritmo musical pernambucano 3. bloco de carnaval
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afoxé
- afoxés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afoxé?
- Brazil /a.foˈʃɛ/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɔˈʃɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afoxé in Portuguese?
afoxé appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).