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Meaning of pizzica | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula.

Equivalents

Italiano pizzica

Examples

“With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.”

CEFR level

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