montuno

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish montuno (literally from the mountain), referring to rural music.

Noun

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montuno (plural montunos)

  1. (music) The counterpoint in Cuban salsa music.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
      The piano montunos showered down on us from the speaker. The cries of the leader were like great gasps in the air.
    • 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.
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From monte +‎ -uno.

Adjective

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montuno (feminine montuna, masculine plural montunos, feminine plural montunas)

  1. (relational) highland, mountain
  2. from the mountains
    Synonym: montés
  3. (Latin America) rude, crude (not civilized)
    Synonyms: rústico, montaraz

Noun

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montuno m (plural montunos)

  1. (music) montuno

Further reading

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