What is "macaco"

Macaco \Ma*ca"co\, n. [Cf. Pg. macaco.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur ( Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur ( Lemur catta).

Etymology 1 n. A macaque, or similar monkey. Etymology 2

n. (context obsolete English) Any of several species of lemurs.

Macaco can refer to:

• Macaco - a martial arts technique used in capoeira
• Macaco (band) - a musical band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell
• A comics character and periodical created by K-Hito (1890-1984)
• Jorge Patino, Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
• The Portuguese variant of the pejorative epithet, Macaca (term)

:*Macaco is the Portuguese word for Monkey.

Macaco is a musical band from Barcelona, Catalonia formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell, who was also one of the original lead singers of the new flamenco group Ojos de Brujo. Carbonell left Ojos de Brujo after the debut album, Vengue in 2001, but has continued to make guest appearances on the group's later albums.

Prior to his singing career, Carbonell had dubbed over Sean Astin's character Mikey Walsh in the 1985 film Goonies.

The members, from different countries such as Brazil, Cameroon, Sweden, Venezuela and Spain, give to its music a mixed color, with electro accents of Latin music and rumba.

Carbonell sings in Spanish and Catalan, but also in Portuguese, French, English and Italian.

Many of their songs are played in the EA Sports video games FIFA : "Moving" (from his fifth album, Puerto Presente, released in 2009) appeared in FIFA 09, "Hacen Falta Dos" (released in an EP version of Puerto Presente) appeared in FIFA 10 and "Una Sola Voz" (from his latest album, 2012's El Murmullo del Fuego) appeared in FIFA 12.