vallenato

English

Etymology

From Spanish vallenato, from valle (“valley”) nato (“born”).

Noun

vallenato (countable and uncountable, plural vallenatos)

1. (music, uncountable) A popular style of folk music from Colombia.
2. (music, countable) A piece performed in this style.
   • 2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     100% COLOMBIANO (Tonight) This showcase of upbeat Colombian music includes exuberant salsa from Orquesta Guayacán and Son de Cali, with accordion-pumped vallenatos from the duos of Jorge Celedón-Jimmy Zambrano and Herbert Vargas-Silvestre Dangond, and vallenato-rooted rock from Fonseca.

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baʝeˈnato/ [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): /baʝeˈnato/ [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /baʎeˈnato/ [ba.ʎeˈna.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baʃeˈnato/ [ba.ʃeˈna.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baʒeˈnato/ [ba.ʒeˈna.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: va‧lle‧na‧to
• Homophone: ballenato

Adjective

vallenato (feminine vallenata, masculine plural vallenatos, feminine plural vallenatas)

1. (relational) vallenato

Noun

vallenato m (plural vallenatos)

1. (music) vallenato

Further reading

• “vallenato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024