dembow
Spanish, noun/demˈbou/
dembow is spelled D-E-M-B-O-W (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dembow is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a rhythmic Caribbean music genre, akin to dancehall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ritmo musical originario de Jamaica, el cual sirve como base en la creación de canciones, principalmente de…”.
What does dembow mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea rhythmic Caribbean music genre, akin to dancehall
- 2
masculineslangreggaeton
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ritmo musical originario de Jamaica, el cual sirve como base en la creación de canciones, principalmente de reguetón.
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 dembow
- dembows plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dembow?
- /demˈbou/
- [d̪ẽmˈbou̯]
- [d̪ẽmˈbow]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dembow in Spanish?
dembow appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).