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Meaning of mocambo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil.

historical

Equivalents

Português mocambo

Examples

“The captured animals have been taken, once night fell, to pens behind the Mocambo.”
“The mocambo represented an expression of social protest in a slave society.”
“Such meetings were held in Macaco, the largest mocambo, which housed five thousand blacks and the supreme chieftain.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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