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joropo

joropo noun: a musical style resembling the waltz, performed in Venezuela and Colombia.

Noun

joropo (countable and uncountable, plural joropos)

  1. A musical style resembling the waltz, performed in Venezuela and Colombia.
    • Mr. Romero went beyond established genres as he composed a fusion of styles like bossa nova and Venezuelan joropo, and recorded with the American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd.2007 September 18, The Associated Press, “Aldemaro Romero, Composer, Dies at 79”, in New York Times
  2. A Venezuelan dance associated with this music.

Forms of joropo

pluraljoropos

Origin of joropo

From Spanish joropo.

Questions about joropo

What does joropo mean?
Joropo means a musical style resembling the waltz, performed in Venezuela and Colombia.
What part of speech is joropo?
Joropo is a noun.
What is the plural of joropo?
The plural of joropo is joropos.

Words near joropo in the dictionary

  1. jorked
  2. jorking
  3. jorks
  4. joromi
  5. joromis
  6. joropo
  7. joropos
  8. jorram
  9. jorrams
  10. Jorrit
  11. Jorrits

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