"reggaeton" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /rɛɡeɪˈtɒn/, /rɛɡeɪˈtəʊn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reggaeton.wav Forms: reggaetón [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish reggaeton. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|reggaeton}} Spanish reggaeton Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} reggaeton (uncountable)
  1. A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres Translations (Latin American musical genre): reguetó [masculine] (Catalan), regetono (Esperanto), reguetón [masculine] (Galician), reggaeton [masculine] (Galician), რეგეტონი (regeṭoni) (Georgian), Reggaeton [masculine] (German), ρεγκετόν (regketón) (Greek), reguetón [masculine] (Spanish), reggaeton [masculine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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