Meaning of desnuda | Babel Free
/dɛsˈnuːdɑ/Definitions
A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City's Times Square.
US
Equivalents
Español
desnuda
Examples
“She shielded her nipples until they were cloaked with brush strokes[.] […] This was part of Ms. Ovalles’s daily routine as a desnuda, a Spanish word meaning naked that has been embraced by the women who strut around the Times Square pedestrian plaza topless and covered in body paint to pose for photos in exchange for tips.”
“Muslims, and a number of Americans alike, would be alarmed with some of the street performers found in New York's Times Square, especially the daily routine of desnudas.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.