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rajaleña

Spanish, noun/raxaˈleɲa/

rajaleña is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a style of music from Colombia, based on the sanjuanero” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Danza y música folclórica de origen colombiano con el ritmo de bambuco, variedad del sanjuanero. Es muy…”.

What does rajaleña mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea style of music from Colombia, based on the sanjuanero

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Danza y música folclórica de origen colombiano con el ritmo de bambuco, variedad del sanjuanero. Es muy alegre, propenso a ser la forma de expresar sentimientos de la gente de la región Alto Magdalena.

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 rajaleña

  • rajaleñas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rajaleña?

  • /raxaˈleɲa/
  • [ra.xaˈle.ɲa]
  • [raxaˈleɲa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.