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vallenato

vallenato noun: a popular style of folk music from Colombia.

Noun

vallenato (countable and uncountable, plural vallenatos)

  1. (uncountable) A popular style of folk music from Colombia.
  2. (countable) A piece performed in this style.
    • 100% COLOMBIANO (Tonight) This showcase of upbeat Colombian music includes exuberant salsa from Orquesta Guayacán and Son de Cali, with accordion-pumped vallenatos from the duos of Jorge Celedón-Jimmy Zambrano and Herbert Vargas-Silvestre Dangond, and vallenato-rooted rock from Fonseca.2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Forms of vallenato

pluralvallenatos

Origin of vallenato

From Spanish vallenato, from valle (“valley”) nato (“born”).

Questions about vallenato

What does vallenato mean?
Vallenato means a popular style of folk music from Colombia.
What part of speech is vallenato?
Vallenato is a noun.
What is the plural of vallenato?
The plural of vallenato is vallenatos.

Words near vallenato in the dictionary

  1. Vallejo
  2. Vallejos
  3. Vallely
  4. Vallelys
  5. Vallenar
  6. vallenato
  7. vallenatos
  8. valleriite
  9. valleriites
  10. Vallery
  11. Vallerys

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