balancê

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French balancer (to swing).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.lɐ̃ˈse/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧cê

Interjection

balancê!

  1. (Brazil) A command used during quadrilha dances to signal the end of a dance step to the participants. Part of a set of festa junina expressions.

See also