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guiro
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el güiro (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Rolando picked up the guiro, and the band started playing a classic cha-cha-cha by Beny More.Rolando tomó el güiro, y el grupo empezó a tocar un clásico chachachá de Beny Moré.
b. el guayo (M) (Cuba)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Cuba
Often in large salsa groups, one singer sings lead, while the other two sing backup vocals and play maracas and guiro.Muchas veces en las orquestas de salsa un cantante hace la voz principal, mientras los otros dos cantan los coros y tocan las maracas y el guayo.
c. el güícharo (M) (Puerto Rico)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
Andres plays guiro in a plena group.Andrés toca el güícharo en un grupo de plena.
2. (religious)
a. el güiro (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Our friend, who is a babalawo, invited us to attend a guiro when we were in Matanzas.Nuestro amigo, que es babalao, nos invitó a asistir a un güiro cuando estábamos en Matanzas.
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