Home › Words › C › capishcacapishcacapishca means A genre of Andean dance music, from Ecuador, especially in the provinces of Chimborazo and Azuay.EtymologyFrom Quechua "capina" meaning to squeezenounA genre of Andean dance music, from Ecuador, especially in the provinces of Chimborazo and Azuay.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cachua 64% match — A Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru. vs capishca →chacarera 63% match — A genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum. vs capishca →cayapa 60% match — A member of the Chachi ethnic group of Ecuador. vs capishca →pachanga 59% match — A lively style of Cuban music and dance, a mixture of son montuno and merengue. vs capishca →chachi 58% match — A member of an ethnic group who live in the rainforest area of northwestern Esmeraldas on the northern coast of Ecuador. vs capishca →champeta 58% match — A form of local independent music from Colombia. vs capishca →cachucha 58% match — A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia vs capishca →sanjuanito 57% match — A style of music and dance from Ecuador. vs capishca →