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alavantu

Portuguese, interjection

alavantu is spelled A-L-A-V-A-N-T-U (8 letters). Alavantu is a Portuguese interjection meaning “A command used during quadrilha dances to tell all of the participants to go forward. Part of a set of festa junina expressions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, alavantú is a different word: “eye dialect spelling of alavantu”.

What does alavantu mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    BrazilA command used during quadrilha dances to tell all of the participants to go forward. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

interjection

as alavantú
  1. 1

    eye dialect spelling of alavantu

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of alavantu

  • alavantu! canonical
  • alavantú alternative pronunciation-spelling
  • alavantú! canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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