bachata

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English

Etymology

From Caribbean Spanish bachata (“party, good time”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bachata (countable and uncountable, plural bachatas)

  1. A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
    • 2007 February 4, Alex Mindlin, “Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park”, in New York Times‎:
      “All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata.
  2. A style of dance accompanying this music.
    • 2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of cumbanchata, augmentative of cumbancha (“fiesta, merrymaking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈt͡ʃata/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ba‧cha‧ta

Noun

bachata f (plural bachatas)

  1. bachata
  2. (Antilles) party
    Synonyms: carrete, farra, fiesta, guateque, jolgorio, juerga, marcha, parranda

Descendants

  • → English: bachata

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