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English
Etymology
From Spanish jíbaro.
Noun
jibaro (countable and uncountable, plural jibaros)
- A style of country music from Puerto Rico
1999 October 1, Peter Margasak, “Toto La Momposina Y Sus Tambores”, in Chicago Reader:Also slated are Armonia Huasteca, a trio from the mountains of central Mexico that plays ranchera music with violin and lovely three-part harmonies; Edwin Colon Zayas y Su Taller Campesino, a superb Puerto Rican jibaro outfit led by a virtuoso of the cuatro, a small guitar with ten strings; and Irene Farrera, a Venezuelan-born singer-songwriter who now lives in Eugene, Oregon.
- A peasant from Puerto Rico
1898, Murat Halstead, The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,:The cultivation of the crops is entirely in the hands of the jibaro, or peasant, who is seldom of direct Spanish descent, while the financiering and exportation is conducted almost entirely by peninsulares, or Spanish-born colonists, who monopolize every branch of commerce to the exclusion of the colonian-born subject.