disco

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɪskəʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɪskoʊ/

Noun

disco

1. (countable, slightly, dated) Clipping of discotheque#English|discotheque., a nightclub for dancing.
2. (uncountable) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

Synonyms

• (place for dancing) club, nightclub

Translations

• French: boite de nuit, discothèque
• German: Diskothek, Disco
• Italian: discoteca
• Portuguese: discoteca
• Russian: дискоте́ка
• Spanish: discoteca

Translations

• German: Discomusik
• Portuguese: disco
• Russian: ди́ско
• Spanish: disco

Verb

disco (discos, present participle discoing; past and past participle discoed)

1. (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
2. (intransitive) To go to discotheques.

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