tarantella

A lively, whirling Italian folk dance for two people, typically performed in fast six-eight time, or the music composed for this dance.

• 🇵🇹Dança popular italiana animada e em ritmo acelerado, geralmente para duas pessoas e em compasso 6/8, ou a música composta para essa dança.

1. Italian folk dance B2 formal

   A lively, whirling Italian folk dance for two people, characterized by fast, spinning movements.

   • The couple performed a spirited tarantella at the wedding.
   • She learned the tarantella during her trip to southern Italy.
   • The dance floor filled with couples dancing the tarantella.

   🇵🇹tarantela

2. Music for the dance B2 formal

   Music composed in 6/8 time, specifically written to accompany the tarantella dance.

   • The orchestra played a lively tarantella for the festival.
   • He composed a tarantella for piano and violin.
   • The tarantella's fast tempo made everyone want to dance.

   🇵🇹tarantela

• tarantellas plural form
• tarantellas' possessive plural form
• tarantella's possessive singular form