joropo

English

Etymology

From Spanish joropo.

Noun

joropo (countable and uncountable, plural joropos)

1. A musical style resembling the waltz, performed in Venezuela and Colombia.
   • 2007 September 18, The Associated Press, “Aldemaro Romero, Composer, Dies at 79”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Romero went beyond established genres as he composed a fusion of styles like bossa nova and Venezuelan joropo, and recorded with the American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd.

2. A Venezuelan dance associated with this music.

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

joropo m (plural joropos)

1. joropo

Further reading

• “joropo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16