chamamé
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃamaˈme/
chamamé is spelled C-H-A-M-A-M-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamamé is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chamamé (folk music style from NE Argentina)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estilo de danza de pareja tradicional de Paraguay, del litoral argentino y el sur de Brasil. Es una danza de…”.
What does chamamé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechamamé (folk music style from NE Argentina)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estilo de danza de pareja tradicional de Paraguay, del litoral argentino y el sur de Brasil. Es una danza de melodía cadenciosa con movimiento de sobrepaso, muy similar al vals. 2. Música que acompaña al chamamé.
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 chamamé
- chamamés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamamé?
- /t͡ʃamaˈme/
- [t͡ʃa.maˈme]
- [t͡ʃamaˈme]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chamamé in Spanish?
chamamé 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).