vallenato
English
Etymology
From Spanish vallenato, from valle (“valley”) nato (“born”).
Noun
vallenato (countable and uncountable, plural vallenatos)
- (music, uncountable) A popular style of folk music from Colombia.
- (music, countable) A piece performed in this style.
- 2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
- 100% COLOMBIANO (Tonight) This showcase of upbeat Colombian music includes exuberant salsa from Orquesta Guayacán and Son de Cali, with accordion-pumped vallenatos from the duos of Jorge Celedón-Jimmy Zambrano and Herbert Vargas-Silvestre Dangond, and vallenato-rooted rock from Fonseca.
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Spanish
Adjective
vallenato (feminine vallenata, masculine plural vallenatos, feminine plural vallenatas)
- (relational) vallenato
Noun
vallenato m (plural vallenatos)
- (music) vallenato
Further reading
- “vallenato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014