zamacueca

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zamacueca

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Spanish zamacueca

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zamacueca (plural zamacuecas)

An ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms.

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zamacueca

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zamacueca f (uncountable)

(Chile, Peru) a folk dance and the music that goes with it
(Puerto Rico) hypocrite

Descendants edit

→ English: zamacueca, cueca

Further reading edit

“zamacueca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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