champeta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish champeta.

Noun

champeta (uncountable)

1. (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

Noun

champeta f (uncountable)

1. (music) champeta