rumbero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumbero.

Noun

rumbero (plural rumberos)

1. One who enjoys rumba.
   • 2009 June 27, David Gonzalez, “Vandals Sully an Ode to East Harlem”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Dozens of colorful murals line the narrow streets and wide avenues, celebrating pleneros and poets, rumberos and revolutionaries.

Spanish

Adjective

rumbero (feminine rumbera, masculine plural rumberos, feminine plural rumberas)

1. (relational) rumba

Noun

rumbero m (plural rumberos, feminine rumbera, feminine plural rumberas)

1. rumba afficionado
2. (Venezuela) fun-loving, lively (enjoying parties)

   Synonyms: marchoso, fiestero, (Chile) carretero

Further reading

• “rumbero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10