A barrel drum used in traditional Puerto Rican musicel tambor primo
A box shaped percussion instrument made out of woodEl Cajón
A rattle that is shaken to play music. Usually played as a pairla maraca
A wooden latin instrument similar to the xylophone played with small malletsLa Marimba
A wooden pallet that you dance on top of. The sound from shoes tapping serves as a drumla tarima
Any style of one-faced drum used in latin musicEl Tambor
Hand-held percussion instrumentEl clave
It's used for...se usa para
ShallowEl Tambor Timbale
Similar to a guitarEl tres
TallEl Tambor Conga
The political transformationLa transformación política
To use your hands as a percussion instrument along with the musichacer palmas
a form of self expressionuna forma de expresarse
a space for rebellionun espacio para rebelión
a spinun giro
a step backwardsUn paso hacia atrás
a step forwardUn paso hacia en frente
a step to the leftun paso a la izquierda
a step to the rightun paso a la derecha
acousticacústico
ancestorslos ancestros/los antepasados
artistic yelpel grito
beats per minutelatidos por minuto
calm; quiettranquilo
calmly; quietlytranquilamente
catchypegadizo/pejajoso
choreographyla coreografía
complexcomplejo
cowbellLa campanilla
cultural or political oppressionLa opresión cultural o política
danceel baile
dance (as an art form)la danza
dance hallla sala de baile
danceablebailable
dancerel bailador
fastrápido
freelibre
freedomla libertad
genreel género
honor your ancestorsHonrar a los antepasados
knownconocido
la bailarinael bailarín
livelyanimado
lyricsla letra
melodyla melodía
modernmoderno
movementslos movimientos
musicianun músico
naturalnatural
noisilyruidosamente
noisyruidoso
powerfulpoderoso
quicklyrapidamente
rhythmel ritmo
sencillosimple
singerel cantante
slaveryla esclavitud
slowlento
slowlylentamente
smoothsuave
smoothlysuavemente
songla canción
stepslos pasos
strongfuerte
styleel estilo
the accordionEl acordeón
the basela base
the dance number/routineel número de baile
the system of slaveryel sistema esclavista
the tamborinela pandereta
the tromboneel trombone
the trumpetla trompeta
the tubala tuba
the violinEl violín
they are used forse usan para
to arrivellegar
to be bornnacer
to be marginalizedser marginalizado
to bringtraer
to come fromprovenir de/surgir de
to communicatecomunicar
to dancebailar
to developdesarrollar
to enjoygozar
to express (oneself)expresarse
to feel at easesentirse a gusto
to feel freesentirse libre
to fightluchar
to have roots inTener raíces en
to identify (with)identificar con
to love oneself (each other)quererse
to marginalisemarginalizar
to performrealizar
to play an instrumenttocar/tocar un instrumento
to preservepreservar
to rebelrebelarse
to recognizereconocer
to respect (someone)respetar a
to singcantar
to take advantage of (enjoy)aprovechar
to take unfair advantage ofaprovecharse de
to tap/to click one's heelstaconear
to trancend (cross) borderstraspasar fronteras
to transformtransformar
to turngirar
to value oneselfvalorarse
traditionaltradicional
two wooden sticks that are used to hit a small wooden barrelel cua
well recognizedbien reconocido
to turngirar
to value oneselfvalorarse
traditionaltradicional
two wooden sticks that are used to hit a small wooden barrelel cua
well recognizedbien reconocido