champeta

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish champeta.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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Noun[edit]

champeta f (uncountable)

  1. (music) champeta
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