comparsa

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kəm pär′sə)


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com•par•sa  (kəm pär′sə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dancea song and folk dance of Cuba.
  • Latin compārēre become visible. See com-, appear
  • Italian: supernumerary (feminine), appearance, noun, nominal use of feminine of comparso, past participle of comparire
  • American Spanish, Spanish: masquerade, group of theatrical supernumeraries


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