vallenato
Spanish, noun/baʝeˈnato/
vallenato is spelled V-A-L-L-E-N-A-T-O (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vallenato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “vallenato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Género musical y forma de baile autóctonos de la región Caribe colombiana, que se interpretaba…”.
What does vallenato mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vallenato
noun
- 1
masculinevallenato
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia.
noun: 1. Género musical y forma de baile autóctonos de la región Caribe colombiana, que se interpretaba tradicionalmente con acordeón, guacharaca y caja vallenata.
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 vallenato
- vallenata feminine
- vallenatos masculine plural
- vallenatas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vallenato?
- /baʝeˈnato/
- [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o]
- [baʝeˈnat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vallenato in Spanish?
vallenato appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).