Meanings
nounreggaeton (uncountable)
alternative reggaetón
- uncountableA style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.
The Spanish islands gave the world salsa, and the more modern (and often controversial) hip-hop style reggaeton, which was forged between the islands and Miami.
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Origin
- Spanishreggaeton
- Spanishreggaeton
- Englishreggaeton
Borrowed from Spanish reggaeton.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan reguetó
- reguetóLatin American musical genre
Esperanto regetono
- regetonoLatin American musical genre
German Reggaeton
- ReggaetonLatin American musical genre
Greek ρεγκετόν
- ρεγκετόν (regketón)Latin American musical genre
Spanish reguetón, reggaeton
- reguetónLatin American musical genre
- reggaetonLatin American musical genre
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APA
reggaeton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reggaeton
MLA
“reggaeton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reggaeton. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reggaeton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reggaeton.
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