De puño y letra
Describes a text written in your own handwriting and addressed to someone, even if it is never actually delivered to them.
He sent you songs written de puño y letra.
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Tag: cancion
Definitions tagged cancion in the street dictionary.
ColombiaTemazo
A massive hit or an absolute banger of a song. The suffix -azo is added to nouns to express that something is excellent or impressive.
Listen! Bajan by Spinetta is playing. What a Temazo! (Luis Alberto Spinetta was a legendary Argentine rock musician).
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ArgentinaLa cucaracha
A widely known children's song or folk tune.
La cucaracha, La cucaracha, cannot walk anymore, because it is missing its main little leg.
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VenezuelaPollito Play B
A Dominican children's hand-clapping game and rhyme.
Pollito Play B, Called Play BC, I feel a love for you, We will get married, In a big restaurant, Eating roast chicken, And rice with salt cod, That is how life is... Pollito Play BC -
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República Dominicanacorocoro
A type of fish found in the department of Cesar and surrounding regions (Northern Colombia).
The corocoro is used to clean the water tank.
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Música de amargue
An old name, still in use today, for bachata music, referring to its lyrics about romance and heartbreak. (Bachata is a genre of guitar based music from the Dominican Republic once associated with the rural poor and drinking to forget a broken heart.)
The Desperate Woman of the Música de amargue.
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Cantalindo
A nickname for singers with smooth, melodic voices. It is also a derogatory term used by performers of mambo (a fast-paced, street-style merengue) to mock traditional merengue singers for being too soft or overly polished.
- Those cantalindo aren't getting any work. - But at least they know how to sing.
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Celebro tu cumpleaños
El Regalo Mejor, better known as Celebro tu cumpleaños, is the traditional Dominican birthday song. Written in 1959, it is the local equivalent of Happy Birthday. It is rarely sung in its full original version today; people typically sing a shortened remix or jokingly repeat the first few lines. (The song is a cultural staple at Dominican parties, usually sung with enthusiastic, rhythmic clapping).
Celebro tu cumpleaños as soon as I saw the sun rise, and on this glorious day, I ask the Lord for your joy, because I have considered it the best gift. Take this hug I give you with great sincerity: take my hug, I am your friend, and much happiness.
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Cruzao
Out of sync, off-beat, or uncoordinated when dancing or singing. (The term literally means crossed, suggesting that your feet or the notes you are hitting are getting tangled up).
That live band sounds more cruzao than the 17th Street Bridge (a major bridge in Santo Domingo notorious for its chaotic traffic). If you dance cruzao, hide in the middle of a crowd so people do not see you.
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