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chacarera

chacarera noun: a genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.

Noun

chacarera (countable and uncountable, plural chacareras)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.
    • Along the way, he has built some fascinating bridges between jazz, pop, classical music and the chacareras and tangos of his native Argentina.2007 February 17, Nate Chinen, “A Wide World of Sound With an Argentine Beat”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) A dance accompanying this music.

Forms of chacarera

pluralchacareras

Origin of chacarera

From Spanish chacarera.

Questions about chacarera

What does chacarera mean?
Chacarera means a genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.
What part of speech is chacarera?
Chacarera is a noun.
What is the plural of chacarera?
The plural of chacarera is chacareras.

Words near chacarera in the dictionary

  1. chac-mool
  2. chac-mools
  3. Chacabuco
  4. Chacachacare
  5. chacal
  6. chacarera
  7. chacareras
  8. chacarero
  9. chacareros
  10. Chacarita
  11. chacate

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