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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cuban Spanish habanera.
Noun
habanera (countable and uncountable, plural habaneras)
- A style of music from Cuba.
2018 March 5, Brian Seibert, “Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:The programming was far from random. The habanera is a hybrid seed of great potency. An adaptation of the European contradanza by slaves from West Africa, it is not only an early version of a New World rhythm that took over the globe, but also a direct ancestor for much of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.
- A dance performed to this music.
1982 December 27, Edward Rothstein, “Music: 40 Songs of Cuba”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page C12:The music of Cuba has had a worldwide influence on forms of song and dance. René Buch who conceived and directed a musical “collage” called “¡Habana!” at the Repertorio Español on East 27th Street, points out the influence on Spain, for example, which received ‘habaneras’ and ‘contradanzas’ from Cuba; in this century, in the 1920's, the “rumba” and such songs as “El Manisero” and “Siboney” made their way north to become part of United States culture.
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish habanera.
Noun
habanera f
- habanera (dance)
Declension
Declension of habanera (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “habanera”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “habanera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish habanera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑbɑnerɑ/,
- Rhymes: -erɑ
- Hyphenation(key): ha‧ba‧ne‧ra
Noun
habanera
- habanera
Declension
French
Noun
habanera f (plural habaneras)
- habanera
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish habanera.
Noun
habanera f (invariable)
- habanera
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈneɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ha‧ba‧ne‧ra
Noun
habanera f (plural habaneras)
- habanera (music style and dance)
- female equivalent of habanero
Adjective
habanera
- feminine singular of habanero
Further reading