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plena

plena noun: a style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics. Also the plural of plenum.

Noun

plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)

  1. (uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics.
    • This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.2009 January 23, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
  2. (countable) A song in this style.

Also used as

plena is also the plural of plenum.

Forms of plena

pluralplenas

Origin of plena

Borrowed from Spanish plena.

Questions about plena

What does plena mean?
Plena means a style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics.
What part of speech is plena?
Plena is a noun.
What is the plural of plena?
The plural of plena is plenas.

Words near plena in the dictionary

  1. Plemons
  2. Plemonses
  3. PLEMs
  4. plemyrameter
  5. plemyrameters
  6. plena
  7. plenal
  8. plenaries
  9. plenarily
  10. plenariness
  11. plenarly

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