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/Sounds like "bah" (as in "bar") + "yeh" (as in "yes") + "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A Colombian Caribbean music genre featuring accordion, caja drum, and guacharaca that makes you cry and dance at the same time. It's the soul of Colombia's coast and a UNESCO heritage.

Examples

A Diomedes Díaz vallenato cures any heartbreak.

In Valledupar you can feel vallenato on every corner.

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Regional synonyms

In Cuba, a state of total collapse: broke, physically wrecked, emotionally drained, or all three at once. From "escachar" meaning to crush or crumble, applied to anyone running completely on empty with nothing left to give.