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bailecito

bailecito noun: a genre of traditional style of dance music of Bolivia and Northern Argentina in 6/8 time.

Noun

bailecito (countable and uncountable, plural bailecitos)

  1. A genre of traditional style of dance music of Bolivia and Northern Argentina in 6/8 time.
    • A high point of the group's performance was "Canto Popular," written by Ambar Canales. Using the traditional "bailecito" rhythm of Argentina with Judit Moschkovich playing congas (she's the Argentine, Canales is the Puerto Rican) the piece celebrates the people's song movements of Latin America and...1982 August 7, Arora Levins-Morales, “Cross Currents: Multi-Cultural Spirit in San Francisco”, in Gay Community News, page 6
  2. A song in this style.

Forms of bailecito

pluralbailecitos

Origin of bailecito

Borrowed from Spanish bailecito.

Questions about bailecito

What does bailecito mean?
Bailecito means a genre of traditional style of dance music of Bolivia and Northern Argentina in 6/8 time.
What part of speech is bailecito?
Bailecito is a noun.
What is the plural of bailecito?
The plural of bailecito is bailecitos.

Words near bailecito in the dictionary

  1. bailbondsman
  2. bailbondsmen
  3. Baildon
  4. baile
  5. Baile Ghib
  6. bailecito
  7. bailed
  8. bailed on
  9. bailed out
  10. bailed out on
  11. bailed up

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