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cueca

UK/ˈkwɛkə/

cueca noun: a family of musical styles from parts of South America.

Noun

cueca (countable and uncountable, plural cuecas)

  1. A family of musical styles from parts of South America.
  2. Any of the dances associated with the cueca musical style.

Forms of cueca

pluralcuecas

Origin of cueca

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cueca, from zamacueca, a dance performed in Chile and Peru.

Words that rhyme with cueca

Questions about cueca

What does cueca mean?
Cueca means a family of musical styles from parts of South America.
What part of speech is cueca?
Cueca is a noun.
How do you pronounce cueca?
Cueca is pronounced /ˈkwɛkə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cueca?
The plural of cueca is cuecas.

Words near cueca in the dictionary

  1. cueable
  2. cueball
  3. cueballs
  4. cuebid
  5. cuebids
  6. cueca
  7. cuecas
  8. cued
  9. cued in
  10. cued off
  11. cued up

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