chacarera

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noun

A genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.

OriginSpanish chacarera →
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Meanings

nounchacarera (countable and uncountable, plural chacareras)

plural chacareras

  1. uncountableA genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.

    Along the way, he has built some fascinating bridges between jazz, pop, classical music and the chacareras and tangos of his native Argentina.

    2007 February 17, Nate Chinen, “A Wide World of Sound With an Argentine Beat”, in New York Times
  2. countableA dance accompanying this music.

Origin

  1. Spanishchacarera
  2. Englishchacarera

From Spanish chacarera.

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APA

chacarera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chacarera

MLA

“chacarera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chacarera. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chacarera,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chacarera.

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