vallenato

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noun

A popular style of folk music from Colombia.

OriginSpanish vallenato →
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Meanings

nounvallenato (countable and uncountable, plural vallenatos)

plural vallenatos

  1. uncountableentertainmentA popular style of folk music from Colombia.
  2. countableentertainmentA piece performed in this style.

    100% COLOMBIANO (Tonight) This showcase of upbeat Colombian music includes exuberant salsa from Orquesta Guayacán and Son de Cali, with accordion-pumped vallenatos from the duos of Jorge Celedón-Jimmy Zambrano and Herbert Vargas-Silvestre Dangond, and vallenato-rooted rock from Fonseca.

    2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishvallenato
  2. Englishvallenato

From Spanish vallenato, from valle (“valley”) nato (“born”).

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APA

vallenato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vallenato

MLA

“vallenato.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vallenato. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vallenato,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vallenato.

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