"cueca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cuecas [plural]
Etymology: American Spanish, from zamacueca, a dance performed in Chile and Peru. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{m|es|zamacueca}} zamacueca Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cueca (countable and uncountable, plural cuecas)
  1. A family of musical styles from parts of South America. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-cueca-en-noun-eKpzRaqk Disambiguation of Dances: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9
  2. Any of the dances associated with the cueca musical style. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cueca-en-noun-4yB-3wek
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zamacueca

Inflected forms

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