batucada
Spanish, noun/batuˈkada/
batucada is spelled B-A-T-U-C-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batucada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “batucada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estilo de música de percusión, de origen brasileño, ritmo veloz y repetitivo, similar a la samba”.
What does batucada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebatucada
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estilo de música de percusión, de origen brasileño, ritmo veloz y repetitivo, similar a la samba. 2. Fiesta, desfile o manifestación acompañado por música de batucada₁.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of batucada
- batucadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batucada?
- /batuˈkada/
- [ba.t̪uˈka.ð̞a]
- [bat̪uˈkað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is batucada in Spanish?
batucada appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).