Meaning of jibaro | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A style of country music from Puerto Rico
   countable, uncountable
2. A peasant from Puerto Rico
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Also slated are Armonia Huasteca, a trio from the mountains of central Mexico that plays ranchera music with violin and lovely three-part harmonies; Edwin Colon Zayas y Su Taller Campesino, a superb Puerto Rican jibaro outfit led by a virtuoso of the cuatro, a small guitar with ten strings; and Irene Farrera, a Venezuelan-born singer-songwriter who now lives in Eugene, Oregon.”

“The cultivation of the crops is entirely in the hands of the jibaro, or peasant, who is seldom of direct⟳ Spanish descent, while the financiering and exportation is conducted almost entirely by peninsulares, or Spanish-born colonists, who monopolize every branch of commerce to the exclusion of the colonian-born subject.”

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