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/Sounds like "dehm" (as in "debt") + "BOHW" (as in "boat")/

Meaning

A Dominican music genre with fast, catchy beats that force your hips to move. It's reggaetón's hyped-up cousin and it's taking over every party in the Caribbean.

Examples

Dembow has taken over every single club.

That new dembow track is a banger, I can't stop listening to it.

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Regional synonyms

To deliberately sink someone's reputation or make them look bad, usually through gossip, rumors, or strategic comments in front of the right people. In Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, bajundir is the slow, calculated work of an enemy: patient, sneaky, and aimed at social or professional damage.