bolero

Definitions of bolero
  1. noun
    a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
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    type of:
    coreografía
    a show involving artistic dancing
  2. noun
    a short jacket; worn mostly by women
  3. noun
    music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
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    type of:
    música de baile
    music to dance to
  4. noun
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
    synonyms: bolera, chapucero, embustero, falsario, mentiroso, mitómano, rollista, tallero, trolero
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    types:
    perjuro
    a person who deliberately gives false testimony
    mentirosillo
    someone who tells lies
    type of:
    embustero, engañador, impostor, mentiroso
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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