zamacueca
Spanish, noun/θamaˈkweka/
zamacueca is spelled Z-A-M-A-C-U-E-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zamacueca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a folk dance and the music that goes with it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Baile de pareja suelta originario de Perú, actualmente presente en este país y en Chile, en donde se…”.
What does zamacueca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea folk dance and the music that goes with it
- 2
femininehypocrite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Baile de pareja suelta originario de Perú, actualmente presente en este país y en Chile, en donde se representa el asedio amoroso de una mujer por parte de un hombre. 2. Música que acompaña a esta danza.
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 zamacueca
- zamacuecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zamacueca?
- /θamaˈkweka/
- [θa.maˈkwe.ka]
- /samaˈkweka/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zamacueca in Spanish?
zamacueca appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).