noun
- a traditional Hungarian dance with a slow section followed by a fast, energetic section, or the music for this dance
Usage: also spelled 'czardas'; often performed at Hungarian celebrations and cultural events
Examples
- The orchestra performed a lively csardas that had the audience on their feet.
- She learned to dance the csardas at a Hungarian cultural center.
- The csardas begins slowly and then accelerates into rapid, passionate movements.
- Liszt composed several famous csardas pieces for piano.
- At the wedding reception, the band played a traditional csardas to celebrate the couple.