montuno
English
Etymology
Spanish montuno (literally “from the mountain”), referring to rural music.
Noun
montuno (plural montunos)
- (music) The counterpoint in Cuban salsa music.
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454:
- The piano montunos showered down on us from the speaker. The cries of the leader were like great gasps in the air.
- 2007 February 19, William Neuman, “Amid Squeal of Trains at Times Square, Melody of a Store’s Rebirth”, in New York Times:
- “Harry was there to be able to tell us what is the difference between a guaracha and a mambo and what’s the montuno and who is really the top-notch danzón band,” she said.
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Spanish
Etymology
From monte + -uno.
Adjective
montuno (feminine montuna, masculine plural montunos, feminine plural montunas)
- (relational) highland, mountain
- from the mountains
- Synonym: montés
- (Latin America) rude, crude (not civilized)
- Synonyms: rústico, montaraz
Noun
montuno m (plural montunos)
- (music) montuno
Further reading
- “montuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014