NOUNS AND FREQUENT WORDS OF CAPOEIRA

Capoeira Glossary

Verbs Of Capoeira

Nouns And Frequent Words Of Capoeira

Places Of Capoeira

Instruments Of Capoeira

Rhythms Of Capoeira

Games Of Capoeira

Movements Of Capoeira

VERBS OF CAPOEIRA

apanhar to be beaten

bater to hit

brincar to play eg. children's games

cantar to sing

chamar to call

chorar to cry

chutar to kick

comprar to buy, to enter the roda by cutting in on another player

entrar to enter, to enter the roda

estar to be

fazer to do, to make

fechar to close

ficar to stay

fugar to escape, to exit

gingar to swing

jogar to play eg. sport

lutar to fight

morrer to die

pisar to step

praticar to do, to practice

puxar to pull

queda to stumble, to fall

saber to know

sair to exit

tocar to play eg. music

trocar to change, to swap

vadiar to loiter, to be up to no good

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NOUNS AND FREQUENT WORDS OF CAPOEIRA

abada white capoeira pants

academia gym or capoeira school

acarajé palm oil and prawn pastie pie

aluno student

Angoleiro practitioner of capoeira de Angola

apelido nick-name

arraia stingray

aula class

Axé positive energy

bamba a master of physical sparring and wordplay, a capoeira expert

bantu group of African tribes/peoples from the north west of Africa

batizado the capoeira initiation ceremony, baptism

besouro beetle

boca mouth, opening in the gourd of a berimbau

boi bull

brincadeira playful game

caiman small crocodile found in South America

camara comrades

capoeirista practioners of capoeira

candomblé African mystic religion

chamada call used in the game of capoeira angola, berimbau rhythm to call attention

cintura desprezada acrobatic exercises to help capoeiristas land on their feet

côco coconut

contramestre one level below a master

coqueiro coconut tree

coração heart

corda colored belt awarded to mark advancement in some academies

costas back (anatomy)

danado smart

dendé red palm nut to make palm oil

deus god

discípulo disciple, student of a capoeira master

ele/ela he/she

escravo slave

eu I, me

faca knife

faca de ponta the point of a knife

facão machete, large knife

fechado to be closed, bulletproof

filho/filha son/daughter

floreios acrobatic movements

forró partner dance from the interior of Brazil

folha seca dry leaves

fome hunger

força strength

formatura graduation ceremony for a new capoeira master

formiga ant

forte strong

frente front

frio cold

fundamentos basics, used to describe the philisophical roots of capoeira

galo rooster

gente us, we, people

homen man

hora hour, time

iaiá, ioiô terms used by slaves for daughters and sons of the master

irmão/irma brother/sister

jogadorplayer of capoeira

jogo game, a game of capoeira

jacaré alligator

leve lightweight

liçao lesson

ligeiro nimble, agile, fast

macaco monkey

macaquinho little monkey

mãe mother

malandragem cunning

malandro crook or streetwise person

malícia sneaky, sly, deception, trickery, double-dealing

mandinga unique style

mandigueiro sorceror, healer, capoeira player

mangangá medicine man

mão hand

mar sea

marinheiro sailor

mato jungle

menino/a boy/girl

mestre master

molejo smooth moves

moeda coin

morena dark skinned woman

mulher woman

muzenza force of the orixás

não no

navalha old fashioned cut-throat/straight razor

negão big strong black man

nego/a black man/woman

o the

onça jaguar

outro other

Orixás gods of candomble

pai father

patuá amulet worn around the neck for protection against evil and injury

pé foot

peixe fish

profesor teacher

quilombo fugitive slave community

rabo tail

raça race, breed

sabedoria knowledge

sangue blood

santo saint

são saint

sem without

senzala slave house

sertão plains

seqüência series of movements learned by players in regional style

sim yes

sinal sign

sinhô/ã boss man/lady

terra land, earth

você you

xarél type of fish from Bahia

xererê another type of fish from Bahia

PLACES OF CAPOEIRA

Angola former Portuguese colony in the south west of Africa

Bahia state in the north east of Brazil, traditional home of capoeira

Belo Horizonte capital of Minas Gerais

Guinea former Portuguese colony in the west of Africa

Itabuna city in Bahia

Itapoã famous beach in Salvador

Luanda capital of Angola

Mercado Modelo famous market place in Salvador

Minas Gerais state in the east of Brazil where Grupo Bantus Capoeira was founded

Mozambique former Portuguese colony in the south east of Africa

Pelourinho the cross in the centre of Terreiro de Jesus, once used as a whipping post for slaves

Salvador capital of Bahia

Terreiro de Jesus historical centre of Salvador

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