habanera

Borrowed from Cuban Spanish habanera.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɑbəˈnerə/

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habanera (countable and uncountable, plural habaneras)

1. A style of music from Cuba.
   • 2018 March 5, Brian Seibert, “Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The programming was far from random. The habanera is a hybrid seed of great potency. An adaptation of the European contradanza by slaves from West Africa, it is not only an early version of a New World rhythm that took over the globe, but also a direct ancestor for much of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.

2. A dance performed to this music.
   • 1982 December 27, Edward Rothstein, “Music: 40 Songs of Cuba”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, page C12:

     The music of Cuba has had a worldwide influence on forms of song and dance. René Buch who conceived and directed a musical “collage” called “¡Habana!” at the Repertorio Español on East 27th Street, points out the influence on Spain, for example, which received ‘habaneras’ and ‘contradanzas’ from Cuba; in this century, in the 1920's, the “rumba” and such songs as “El Manisero” and “Siboney” made their way north to become part of United States culture.

• habanero

Borrowed from Spanish habanera.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦabanɛra]

habanera f

1. habanera (dance)

• “habanera”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “habanera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Spanish habanera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑbɑnerɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝bɑ̝ˌne̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧ba‧ne‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): ha‧ba‧ne‧ra

habanera

1. habanera

habanera f (plural habaneras)

1. habanera

• “habanera”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Spanish habanera.

habanera f (invariable)

1. habanera

• IPA^(key): /abaˈneɾa/ [a.β̞aˈne.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ha‧ba‧ne‧ra

habanera f (plural habaneras)

1. habanera (music style and dance)
2. female equivalent of habanero

habanera

1. feminine singular of habanero

• “habanero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024