guaracha
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish guaracha.
Noun
editguaracha (countable and uncountable, plural guarachas)
- (music, uncountable) A genre of Cuban popular music with rapid tempo and lyrics.
- (music, countable) A piece performed in this style.
- 2007 February 19, William Neuman, “Amid Squeal of Trains at Times Square, Melody of a Store’s Rebirth”, in New York Times[1]:
- “Harry was there to be able to tell us what is the difference between a guaracha and a mambo and what’s the montuno and who is really the top-notch danzón band,” she said.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editguaracha f (plural guarachas)
Further reading
edit- “guaracha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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