bolero
/bəˈlɛːrəʊ
/noun (plural boleros)
1A Spanish dance in simple triple time.The dominant dance form was escuela bolera which dated from the early 19th century and fused Spanish dance forms like the bolero and the cachucha with elements from French ballet....
- Through Spanish classic court dancing, developing such dances as the bolero, cachucha, and the later gypsy flamenco tradition, there existed a vast culture of what can be called theatrical-style dance.
- Born in Elda, he grew up in Madrid and was sent to a dance academy where he studied flamenco, bolero, and folk dance.
1.1A piece of music for or in the time of a bolero.As the Baptists gather at the water's edge, Hernandez puts the camera down and joins the congregation in hymns whose melodies are borrowed from the rhythms of tropical music and bolero....
- To what are we listening in a bolero, the music or the words?
- It is a feast of boleros delivered with flair by Ferrer, who intuitively conjures up the elegance and languid energy of that post-war singing style.
2 (also bolero jacket) A woman’s short open jacket.The women's collection consisted of boleros, jackets, miniskirts, mini slip dresses, tank tops and T shirts, as well as trendy shoes with trendy round front edges....
- Long coats cost about £400, jackets £300 and boleros less than £200.
- You can see the bolero jacket matched with bell-bottom pants or a sensuous tuxedo with lace trousers.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Spanish.
Rhymes
- superinfusion
- supering
- superinjunction
- superinscribe
- superinspection
- superinstitute
- superinstitution
- superintelligence
- superintelligent
- superintend
- superintendence
- superintendency
- superintendent
- superintendent general
- superintendential
- superintendentship
- superintender
- superintendress
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- superionic
- superior
- superiorate
- superior conjunction
- superior court
- superioress