bloco

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bloco

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Borrowed from Portuguese bloco.

noun blocos

A type of Brazilian street carnival featuring traditional Brazilian music and dance such as samba and frevo, often with hundreds of thousands to millions of people in attendance. It's not clear how many blocos nationwide are eschewing offensive lyrics, or why it's created so much controversy this year.

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@misc{bloco_2026,
  title = {bloco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bloco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}