joropo
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
joropo (countable and uncountable, plural joropos)
- A musical style resembling the waltz, performed in Venezuela and Colombia.
- 2007 September 18, The Associated Press, “Aldemaro Romero, Composer, Dies at 79”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Romero went beyond established genres as he composed a fusion of styles like bossa nova and Venezuelan joropo, and recorded with the American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd.
- A Venezuelan dance associated with this music.
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
joropo m (plural joropos)
Further reading edit
- “joropo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014