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noun, masculine

perreo

/peˈreo/

noun, masculine/peˈreo/plural: perreos

twerking (a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their buttocks)

La psicóloga asegura, además, que hay mujeres que practican este perreo o twerk porque lo perciben como “una manera de empoderamiento femenino”.

Related: neoperreo

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicder.? Old Spanish perro Spanish perro Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish perreardeverb. Spanish perreo Deverbal from perrear.