reggaeton

American  

[reg-ay-tohn] / ˌrɛg eɪˈtoʊn /

Or reggaetón

noun

1. a type of contemporary popular music, originating in the housing projects of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and other urban centers of poverty in Latin America, characterized by rap lyrics in Spanish and a vigorous percussive beat that rises and falls.

   mainstream artists embracing reggaeton.

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reggaeton British  

/ ˌrɛɡeɪˈtɒn /

noun

1. a type of Puerto Rican popular music that combines reggae rhythms with hip-hop influences and includes rapping in Spanish

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Etymology

Origin of reggaeton

First recorded in 2000–05; from Spanish, equivalent to reggae ( def. ) + -tón (as in maratón “marathon”); see origin at -athon ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

reggaeton

She didn’t want to appropriate a culture that wasn’t hers, so she reached for another way to describe it: not as the new reggaeton, but the new music you can perreo to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Though Karol G came up as a reggaeton artist in her native Colombia, “Still” is an English-language pop-soul ballad; Aespa’s clubby “Switchblade,” meanwhile, features a guest verse by R&B singer Ty Dolla Sign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Goldstein started collaborating with Rosalía on her third project, Motomami, which showed she could also make radio-friendly Spanish-language pop: “La Fama” nodded to the Dominican style of bachata; “Saoko” to kinetic reggaeton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Instead, the humid silence is punctuated by the diesel generators, the occasional Bluetooth speaker or the tinny buzzing of a cell phone squeezing out reggaeton, reparto or US pop.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

For a few days, Enrique stays cooped up in his bedroom, listening to reggaeton music.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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