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champeta

champeta noun: a form of local independent music from Colombia.

Noun

champeta (uncountable)

  1. A form of local independent music from Colombia.
    • 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.2009 July 11, Jon Pareles, “Latin Alternative Music’s Movers and Shakers Meet”, in New York Times

Origin of champeta

Borrowed from Spanish champeta.

Questions about champeta

What does champeta mean?
Champeta means a form of local independent music from Colombia.
What part of speech is champeta?
Champeta is a noun.

Words near champeta in the dictionary

  1. champertor
  2. champertors
  3. champertous
  4. champerty
  5. champes
  6. champeta
  7. champfrein
  8. champfreins
  9. Champhai
  10. champian
  11. champians

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