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cumbia

/ˈkumbja/

cumbia noun: a traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.

Noun

cumbia (usually uncountable, plural cumbias)

  1. (usually) A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
    • There’s […] an accordion- and brass-pumped Colombian cumbia for “Cumbia de Los Aburridos” (“Cumbia of the Bored”).2007 April 23, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Forms of cumbia

pluralcumbias

Origin of cumbia

From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.

Questions about cumbia

What does cumbia mean?
Cumbia means a traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
What part of speech is cumbia?
Cumbia is a noun.
How do you pronounce cumbia?
Cumbia is pronounced /ˈkumbja/.
What is the plural of cumbia?
The plural of cumbia is cumbias.

Words near cumbia in the dictionary

  1. cumbersomely
  2. cumbersomeness
  3. cumberworld
  4. cumberworlds
  5. cumbi cumbi
  6. cumbia
  7. cumbias
  8. Cumbie
  9. Cumbo
  10. Cumborah
  11. Cumbos

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