Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rural inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
- noun The country music of Puerto Rico.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the poorer class of native peasantry in Porto Rico.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A style of
country music fromPuerto Rico - noun A peasant from Puerto Rico
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As everywhere else the unlettered classes are given to grammatical faults and provincialisms, but on the whole the vocabulary of the Dominican peasant contains fewer archaic expressions and Indian roots than that of the Porto Rican "jibaro" and is more easily understood by the outsider.
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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Same with the rice specials, with chicken, pigeon peas, sausage and country-style "jibaro" rice (made with cilantro and chicharrones) supplementing the grain.
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The legendary Yomo Toro, master of the cuatro (10-string miniature guitar) and a longtime member of the famed Fania All-Stars, is acknowledged for his lively and innovative approach to the driving jibaro (mountain string band) music of his native Puerto Rico.
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Concilio's 7th & Fairmount home, the music will be non-stop this Sunday, with groups playing bachata and jibaro and more lending their support to a radiothon due to air on la Mega (1340 AM) and Rumba (1480 AM).
The Clog 2010
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Concilio's 7th & Fairmount home, the music will be non-stop this Sunday, with groups playing bachata and jibaro and more lending their support to a radiothon due to air on la Mega (1340 AM) and Rumba (1480 AM).
The Clog 2010
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