alavantu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French en avant toute (“forward ho!”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.la.vɐ̃ˈtu/

  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧van‧tu

Interjection

alavantu!

  1. (Brazil) A command used during quadrilha dances to tell all of the participants to go forward. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

Usage notes

This interjection is most commonly written alavantú, with a nonstandard accent mark.

See also

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