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.

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