Meaning of carioca | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.
2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
3. A river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil; in full, the Carioca River.

Examples

“In the final phase, the athlete works in non-cleated shoes on starts, stops, jumps, rounded side-step cuts, and crossover cuts, advancing to hard 90° cuts, and running tighter and tighter figures-of-eight. Defensive backs run sideways and backward and perform carioca (crossover) steps.”

“These included the cocontraction maneuver (a shuffling maneuver around a semicircle while tethered to surgical tubing), a carioca (crossover stepping), and a shuttle run (an acceleration and deceleration test).”

“Leg press, squat, circle running, figure eights, single-leg hops, vertical jumps, lateral bounds, one-legged long jumps, and carioca (crossover walking) are some examples.”

“But, for someone looking at it objectively, the relationship is a deceptive one – because at the same time as cariocas can't be seen working (shut up as they are in offices, government institutions and commercial establishments), everyone can see cariocas not working.”

“Or he might go to Rio. Rio with its white sand. He knew a rhyme about Rio, its thieving cariocas who wore sparkling wedding dresses.”

“Even though cariocas are very professional they tend to be more laid back and easy going than business people from Sao Paulo. You can notice this as soon as you talk to a carioca.”

“Needless to say, a true Carioca never makes mistakes when dealing with money.”

“I was impassioned about this because my Portuguese professor at Johns Hopkins was a Carioca, or native of Rio de Janeiro, and the first thing she told us in class was that she was going to make us all Cariocas.”

“Cariocas – as inhabitants of Rio are called – panicked, and the newspapers reported the deteriorating situation in the city.”

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