OriginBorrowed from Spanish plena.
- uncountableA style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics.
“This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.”
- countableA song in this style.
- form-of, pluralplural of plenum
Formsplenas(plural)