zamacueca
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
zamacueca (plural zamacuecas)
- An ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms.
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θamaˈkweka/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /samaˈkweka/
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: za‧ma‧cue‧ca
Noun
zamacueca f (uncountable)
- (Chile, Peru) a folk dance and the music that goes with it
- (Puerto Rico) hypocrite
Descendants
Further reading
- “zamacueca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28