champeta
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish champeta.
Noun
editchampeta (uncountable)
- (music) A form of local independent music from Colombia.
- 2009 July 11, Jon Pareles, “Latin Alternative Music’s Movers and Shakers Meet”, in New York Times[1]:
- Bomba Estéreo’s set at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday night — part of a six-band lineup — was kaleidoscopic and danceable, mingling the clip-clop bounce of cumbia and another Colombian rhythm, champeta, with echoey guitar, reggae backbeats and the singing and rapping of Liliana Saumet.
Spanish
editNoun
editchampeta f (uncountable)