cumbia

cumbia

English

Etymology

From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumbja/

Noun

cumbia (usually uncountable, plural cumbias)

1. 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”).

Further reading

• cumbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumbja/ [ˈkũm.bja]
• Rhymes: -umbja
• Syllabification: cum‧bia

Noun

cumbia f (plural cumbias)

1. cumbia

Derived terms

• cumbiambero

Further reading

• “cumbia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014