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bossa nova

noun

🔊/ˌbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/

🔊/ˌbɑːsə ˈnəʊvə/

[uncountable, countable]

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a style of Brazilian popular music, popular in the 1960s巴萨诺瓦（20 世纪 60 年代广受欢迎的一种巴西流行乐）Topics Musicc2
Word Origin1960s: from Portuguese, from bossa ‘tendency’ and nova (feminine of novo) ‘new’.