cumbia

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English

Etymology

From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.

Pronunciation

Noun

cumbia (usually uncountable, plural cumbias)

  1. (music) A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
    • 2007 April 23, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
      There’s [] an accordion- and brass-pumped Colombian cumbia for “Cumbia de Los Aburridos” (“Cumbia of the Bored”).

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cumbia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kumbia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: cum‧bi‧a

Noun

cumbia inan

  1. cumbia

Declension

Further reading

Spanish

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Etymology

Of African, probably Bantu, origin. Akin to Cuban Spanish cumbé (Afro-Caribbean dance); see cumbancha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkumbja/
  • Rhymes: -umbja
  • Syllabification: cum‧bia

Noun

cumbia f (plural cumbias)

  1. (music) cumbia

Derived terms

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