Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
bongo party

bongo party

8.6
A party where people play bongo drums and dance
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔŋɡoʊ ˈpɑrti/
translation icon : fiesta bongo
  • We organized a bongo party for Sarah's birthday, complete with live drumming.

Examples

  • After a long week, everyone looked forward to the upcoming bongo party at the community center.

  • The atmosphere at the bongo party was vibrant and full of energy.

  • We are hosting a bongo party this weekend!

  • Are you coming to the bongo party tonight?

  • After a long week, everyone looked forward to the upcoming bongo party at the community center.

  • The atmosphere at the bongo party was vibrant and full of energy.

  • We organized a bongo party for Sarah's birthday, complete with live drumming.

Synonyms

shindig
vsbongo party
  • Informal
29 8.6

A lively informal party with music and dancing

is organized mainly around hand-drumming as the central activity
jamboree
vsbongo party
14 5.7

A large lively party with music and games

is more narrowly a music party built around hand drums rather than many acts
bamboula
vsbongo party
  • Literature
1 9.9

A lively gathering with African-style drums and dancing

focuses specifically on small hand drums as the main musical focus
huapango
vsbongo party
9.9

A village party where people dance to lively Mexican folk music

focuses on specific hand-drumming rather than regional dance music styles
goombay
vsbongo party
9.9

A celebration in the Bahamas that has music, dancing, and local food

is a smaller party centered on hand drums rather than a broad festival

How Lively

to rave
3 7.7
dance
463 1.0
bongo party
8.6
party
∞ 1.0
get-together
  • Informal
46 1.9
gathering
203 1.0

Surface Forms

bongo party singular
bongo parties plural

Morphology

bongo + party

The meaning 'a party where bongo drums or bongo music play a central role' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bongo' (a small double drum) + 'party' (a celebration). This noun-noun construction is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Bongo party comes from the simple image of people playing bongo drums together at a lively party. So it means 'a party where bongo music or drumming is the main attraction'.