Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dance band, especially in Latin America.
- noun A style of popular dance music originating along the border between Texas and Mexico, characterized by the use of accordion, drums, and 12-string bass guitar and traditionally based on polka, waltz, and bolero rhythms.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The conjunto is now playing in full swing as the next ritual unfolds.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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The conjunto is now playing in full swing as the next ritual unfolds.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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Adobe now has a conjunto of musicians from Vera Cruz for Carribbean flavor music.
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A conjunto (combo), the more contemporary musical group with amplifiers, electric guitars, singer and emcee, is setting up just as the band packs up.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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Dear Polack-Honky: I think what you think is mariachi is actually conjunto norteño, which is the Mexican music form that most approximates traditional polka--mostly because that's what it is.
Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Is that Polka or 'Conjunto Norteño'? Gustavo Arellano 2011
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So although the lyrics are in Spanish, and there is an accordion in there, these are not corridos, and the accordion is not diatonic, nor is it playing conjunto riffs.
Michal Shapiro: Pistolera: Taking Life by the Teeth Michal Shapiro 2011
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A ABI considera legítima a decisão da Petrobras de criar um blog para divulgação das informações que presta à imprensa e especialmente aos veículos impressos, uma vez que as questões relativas ao seu funcionamento e aos seus atos de gestão interessam ao conjunto da sociedade, que não pode ficar exposta ao risco de filtragem das informações típica e inseparável do processo de edição jornalística.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Petrobras Blog Versus Mainstream Media 2009
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Adobe now has a conjunto of musicians from Vera Cruz for Carribbean flavor music.
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Essas medidas, avalia, estão centradas apenas em setores da elite econômica, sem que nada tenha sido pensado para o conjunto da classe trabalhadora.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters 2009
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So although the lyrics are in Spanish, and there is an accordion in there, these are not corridos, and the accordion is not diatonic, nor is it playing conjunto riffs.
Michal Shapiro: Pistolera: Taking Life by the Teeth Michal Shapiro 2011
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There many migrants ended their treks.
The music and food show the effects,
And hybrid conjunto
Makes nicely the punto
That mixed are the parents of Tex-Mex.
October 24, 2014