different between ragga vs dancehall

English

Noun

ragga (uncountable)

1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

See also

• raga

Anagrams

• Gagra

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?.?a/
• Rhymes: -a??a
• Hyphenation: ràg?ga

Noun

ragga m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of raggamuffin (“ragga”).

References

• ragga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").

Verb

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret
3. (ragga till) to bristle
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)
5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation

References

English

Alternative forms

• dance hall, dance-hall

Etymology

dance +? hall

Noun

dancehall (countable and uncountable, plural dancehalls)

1. (countable) A public hall for dancing.
2. (uncountable, music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (dansuh?ru)

Translations

Anagrams

• challaned