Meanings
nounchampeta (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentA form of local independent music from Colombia.
Bomba Estéreo’s set at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday night — part of a six-band lineup — was kaleidoscopic and danceable, mingling the clip-clop bounce of cumbia and another Colombian rhythm, champeta, with echoey guitar, reggae backbeats and the singing and rapping of Liliana Saumet.
2009 July 11, Jon Pareles, “Latin Alternative Music’s Movers and Shakers Meet”, in New York Times
Origin
- Spanishchampeta
- Englishchampeta
Borrowed from Spanish champeta.
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APA
champeta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/champeta
MLA
“champeta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/champeta. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “champeta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/champeta.
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