Definition of "bachata" [bachata]

• A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic. (noun)
• A style of dance accompanying this music. (noun)

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• "Joan has been featured on the Rough Guide to the Bachata and on the documentary Santo Domingo Blues as well as performed and recorded with big name bachata musicians such as Joe Veras and Zacarias Ferreira."
• "- Hermosillo Crossover Dreams of a Bronx Bachatero - Anthony Santos the frontman of Aventura, a quartet that specializes in the slinky Dominican ballad style called bachata Hispanic farmers on Friday told a U.S."
• "Crossover Dreams of a Bronx Bachatero - Anthony Santos the frontman of Aventura, a quartet that specializes in the slinky Dominican ballad style called bachata Hispanic farmers on Friday told a U.S."