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masculine
/ˈrok/
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Translation
rock (music)
Word origin
Borrowed from English 'rock', short for 'rock and roll', from the verb 'to rock' meaning to sway. Adopted unchanged into Spanish as a loanword.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- rock
- English cognates
- rock
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralrocks
Examples
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I love the rock music of the seventies.
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His band plays live rock every Saturday.
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Do you prefer rock or jazz?
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The rock concert lasted three hours.
guitarra .
He learned to play the guitar by listening to rock.
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