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/Sounds like "GYE" (as in "guy") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

A Venezuelan musical genre from the Zulia region that signals the start of the Christmas season. Gaita mixes percussion, cuatro guitar, and furro drum into an infectious rhythm that plays everywhere in Venezuela from November onward: homes, cars, malls, and public spaces.

Examples

Ya empezaron las gaitas y el ambiente de diciembre se siente en todas partes.

The gaitas have started and the Christmas spirit is everywhere.

I learned this year's new gaitas to sing with the family on Christmas Eve.

Regional synonyms

In Chile, someone who got their job or an opportunity through connections rather than actual merit. The apitutado walked in through the back door while everyone else waited in line, and the whole office knows it. A very loaded term in a country where who you know often matters more than what you know.