guateque
Spanish
Alternative forms
- huateque (Mexico)
Etymology
From a native Caribbean language (Galibi Carib).
Noun
guateque m (plural guateques)
- (Spain, dated) a house party consisting of young people [primarily 1950s and 1960s]
- (Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico) a joyful social gathering with dancing and drinking
See also
- boncho m
- carrete m
- farra f
- fiesta f
- jarana f
- jolgorio m
- juerga f
- marcha f
- pachanga f
- parranda f
- reventón m
- tenderete m
Further reading
- “guateque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014