Marcos and Thomas Bragança: Slang and Cultural Expressions

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Approx. time

Expression

Explanation

0:49

straddling

standing with one foot on each side

1:03

itinerant

traveling, moving around

2:44

miscegenation

intermixing, creating biracial babies

10:56

proximity

physical closeness

13:23

capoeira

Brazilian martial art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira

16:02

tae kwon do

Korean martial art

16:33

berimbau

single-string percussion instrument

17:08

roda

circle

17:27

percussion

tapping, hitting, beating

17:38

rasp

rough, unsmooth noise

 

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