candombe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
candombe (countable and uncountable, plural candombes)
- A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves
- The dance to this music
- A type of drum used to accompany this music
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Kimbundu candombe. Cognate of Portuguese candomblé.
Noun[edit]
candombe m (plural candombes)
- candombe
- 2015 July 27, “El coraje de las mujeres que no entienden de fronteras”, in El País[1]:
- Tampoco en las de Julia Ortiz y Dolores Aguirre, dos oriundas del río de La Plata (Argentina) que responden al nombre de Perotá Chingó, y que trastean en sus conciertos con el joropo venezolano (a través de una versión de Simón Díaz), el candombe uruguayo o las sonoridades brasileñas, sin olvidarse del legado folk de la chilena Violeta Parra.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “candombe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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