Definition of "baile" [baile]

• A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca (noun)

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• "My grandfather, who had badly sprained his ankle only a week before while getting a lesson in baile tropical out on the patio with Esperanza´s sister, and had been getting around with a cane, was now sitting on the edge of Eula´s bed, his head and hands leaning heavily on the curved handle, sobbing pitifully."
• "So it's appropriate that a new, bastardised style of hip-hop, known as "baile funk", is being born out of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro."
• "Not long after the arrival of our party at Bacalod we received an invitation to a "baile" given in our honor by the inhabitants of"