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Cueca

A family of musical styles from parts of South America.

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noun
  1. 1

    A family of musical styles from parts of South America.

  2. 2

    Any of the dances associated with the cueca musical style.

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pasillonoun(music) A South American genre of music with some of the features of European classical dance.
chichanounA fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.
cachuanounA Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru.
cuartetonoun(music) An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
champetanoun(music) A form of local independent music from Colombia.
kasekonounA musical genre from Suriname, a fusion of African, European and American styles.
guajiranoun(uncountable) A style of rural Cuban music.
qachwanounAlternative form of cachua (“type of dance”). [A Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru.]
tonadanounA kind of folk song of Spain and parts of Latin America.
conjuntonoun(uncountable) The style of music played by such groups.
bachatanounA genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
kaswanounAlternative form of cachua (“type of dance”). [A Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru.]
guaguanconounA subgenre of Cuban rumba, a complex rhythmic music and dance style.
bagualanounA genre of folk music of northeastern Argentina.
chacareranoun(uncountable) A genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.
cantaronoun(music) A clayen pot used as a percussion instrument in South America.
cumbianoun(music) A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
candombenoun(music) A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves.
cuicanounA Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music.
criollanounA genre of Cuban music.

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