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🎶 Fast dance music 💃 Lively Cuban dance
guaracha

guaracha

9.9
Fast energetic electronic dance music from Colombia with strong drums and heavy bass
  • noun
  • Neologism
translation icon : guaracha
  • The club erupted with energy when the DJ played a popular guaracha track.

Examples

  • Many young people in Colombia love to dance to guaracha at parties.

  • The guaracha played at the festival got everyone dancing.

  • She learned the basic steps of guaracha before visiting Medellín.

  • Do you enjoy listening to guarachas at parties?

  • The club erupted with energy when the DJ played a popular guaracha track.

  • Many young people in Colombia love to dance to guaracha at parties.

  • The guaracha played at the festival got everyone dancing.

Surface Forms

guaracha singular
guarachas plural

Etymology

The word guaracha for the fast Colombian electronic style comes from an older Cuban guaracha, a lively 'dance' and 'song'. That's why the modern genre keeps a strong, driving beat made for dancing.