From CaribbeanSpanishbachata(“party, good time”).
bachata (countable anduncountable,pluralbachatas)
- A genre ofmusic originating in theDominican Republic.
2007 February 4, Alex Mindlin, “Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park”, inNew York Times[1]:“All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada andbachata.
- A style ofdance accompanying this music.
2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, inNew York Times[2]:From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, frombachata to zouk and back again.
Shortening ofcumbanchata, augmentative ofcumbancha(“fiesta, merrymaking”).
- IPA(key): /baˈt͡ʃata/[baˈt͡ʃa.t̪a]
- Rhymes:-ata
- Syllabification:ba‧cha‧ta
bachata f (pluralbachatas)
- bachata
- (Antilles)party
- Synonyms:carrete,farra,fiesta,guateque,jolgorio,juerga,marcha,parranda
