guaracha
Americannoun
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a vigorous Cuban dance in triple meter.
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the music for this dance.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of guaracha
1820–30; < Spanish, equivalent to Old Spanish guar place + hacha a kind of dance
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However, he was not too fond of the emerging term, which seemed to cram different styles like mambo, charanga, rumba, guaracha and danzón into one single category.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
She said “Pepas” exploded in popularity not because it’s about drugs but because it has a unique sound blending electronic dance music with guaracha, a popular Cuban music style.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
The program ended with yet another dance, a guaracha, by the 17th-century Mexican composer Juan García de Zéspedes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
On “Final,” as in his last few albums, his poetic verses generally come in traditional song forms and ensemble styles — guaracha, changüí, son — made stronger with sophisticated chord changes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2014
She dances for days to her Beny More records, her hands in position for an impossibly lanky partner, to “Rebel Heart,” her slippers scraping the floor, to “Treat Me As I Am,” a buoyant guaracha.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Sometimes a woman’s voice broke through, and then the men shouted louder, glass shattered violently, and the songs on the jukebox went from boleros about betrayal to guarachas and merengues about the good life.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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