areíto

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English

Noun

areíto (plural areítos)

  1. A type of performance and ceremony of the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
    • 2005, Peter E. Siegel, Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico:
      What did an areíto actually entail? The sixteenth-century chroniclers tell us that areítos recited histories, which were transmitted through the generations.
    • 2005, Nicholas J. Saunders, The Peoples of the Caribbean: An Encyclopedia of Archaeology and Traditional Culture:
      In early encounters, the Spanish were welcomed and entertained by the Taíno, who arranged areítos in their honor as a type of elite hospitality.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾeˈito/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: a‧re‧í‧to

Noun

areíto m (plural areítos)

  1. areíto

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