Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Bagunça

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This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Bagunça

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Legado

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This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Legado

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Preguiça

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This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Preguiça

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Update

Preguiça literally translates from Portuguese to the English word "laziness" or "sloth."

So when you don't feel like coming to class for no good reason, then call yourself Preguiça.

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Abadá

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Abadá

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Couro Grosso (Update)

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This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Couro Grosso

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Update

Literally translated from Portuguese, couro grosso means "thick leather," but there is mre to it than that.

It can mean a thick skin, a way of saying being tough or courageous. 

The vaqueiros in the south of Brasil wore all leather clothing when they would go out to work the cattle land because of the dense vegetation that was full of spines and stickers. 

Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Iorubá

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This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Iorubá

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