zamacueca

From Spanish zamacueca.

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɑməˈkweɪkə/

zamacueca (plural zamacuecas)

1. An ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms.

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• IPA^(key): /θamaˈkweka/ [θa.maˈkwe.ka] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /samaˈkweka/ [sa.maˈkwe.ka] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: za‧ma‧cue‧ca

zamacueca f (uncountable)

1. (Chile, Peru) a folk dance and the music that goes with it
2. (Puerto Rico) hypocrite

• → English: zamacueca, cueca

• “zamacueca”, 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