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Bachata vs Bachatero - What's the difference?

bachata | bachatero |

As nouns the difference between bachata and bachatero

is that bachata is a genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic while bachatero is a singer of bachata music.

bachata

English

Noun

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  • A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 4, author=Alex Mindlin, title=Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata . }}
  • A style of dance accompanying this music.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 3, author=The New York Times, title=Dance Listings, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again. }}

    bachatero

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A singer of bachata music.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 4, author=Michiko Kakutani, title=Travails of an Outcast, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Oscar, Mr. Díaz’s homely homeboy hero, is “not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about — he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero , not a playboy” with a million hot girls on the line. }}