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  • noun A Cuban equivalent of salsa music.

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Examples

  • A megastar in Cuba, Delgado is known for his elegant but streetwise approach to the aggressively percussive Cuban dance music called timba, or Cuban salsa.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Over the last decades, salsa has become even more prominent here, especially a genre called timba that combines traditional Cuban music with horns as well as elements of jazz, rock or even reggae.

    CANOE Travel Features 2010

  • A relatively new genre called timba, says Jorge Gómez, the pianist and director of Tiempo Libre Yoani Sánchez afirma que Raúl Castro quiere silenciar a los blogueros cubanos La cantante puertorriqueña Olga Tañón se unió al gobierno de Puerto Rico para pedir a EEUU que apruebe las visas de la delegación de Cuba y asegurar así su participación los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (JCC) Mayagüez 2010.

    HispanicTips 2010

  • A relatively new genre called timba, says Jorge Gómez, the pianist and director of Tiempo Libre Cuban chef Rolando Gonzalez has managed to captivate Southern California's palate with Cuba's most typical and traditional tastes.

    HispanicTips Tomas 2010

  • A relatively new genre called timba, says Jorge Gómez, the pianist and director of Tiempo Libre Yoani Sánchez afirma que Raúl Castro quiere silenciar a los blogueros cubanos La cantante puertorriqueña Olga Tañón se unió al gobierno de Puerto Rico para pedir a EEUU que apruebe las visas de la delegación de Cuba y asegurar así su participación los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (JCC) Mayagüez 2010.

    HispanicTips Tomas 2010

  • AfroCuba! takes a standard salsa night and goes deeper, bringing in the live Cuban drums and exposing attendees to rumba, timba and guanguanco.

    Nightlife Agenda: Holiday parties, EPMD and '90s dance grooves Fritz Hahn 2010

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    Obama Meets With John Edwards 2009

  • You know, timba, I can't believe you brought up the name George McGovern in an unfavorable light in comparison to Barak Obama.

    Obama Meets With John Edwards 2009

  • | Reply | Permalink timba writes Fact is ... everyone from Hillary to Limbaugh to Kristol to Coulter is scared shitless to diss Obama.

    Edwards Aide: John Having Private Endorsement Discussions With Hillary, Obama; "Greater Than 50% Chance" He'll Endorse 2009

  • Buckeye Terrorist Fist Jab Nation in reply to a comment from timba

    Franken Camp's Optimism Grows 2009

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