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Mento is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Mento in a sentence

Related words

Mento | Mentor | Mentors | Mentoring | Mentorship | Mentored | Menton | Mentorships | Mentone

Mento meaning

  1. a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.
  2. an individual mento song.

Using Mento

  • The main meaning on this page is: a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices. | an individual mento song.

Context around Mento

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

chiquichiqui 1×

Often after:

calypso 1× ska 1×

Sentence patterns with Mento

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

calypso chiquichiqui mento the run 1× know a mento a role 1× styles of mento an acoustic 1× think about mento calypso kumina 1× touching on mento ska nyabinghi 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

costa rica the 1× dem don t 1× the three hour 1× these recordings showcased 1× you know a 1×

Common sentence endings:

a role model 1× jazzy popular style 1× reggae and dancehall 1× run and callera 1× things he says 1×

Words around Mento

Just before it in the word index:

mentis 7 mentions 922 mentioning 585 mentioned 5.946 mentionable 3 mention 3.826

Just after it in the word index:

menton 11 mentone 4 mentor 1.044 mentore 2 mentored 155 mentoring 338

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Mento

  • In this selection, "mento" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, chiquichiqui, calypso and ska stand out and add context to how "mento" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include calypso chiquichiqui mento the run and know a mento a role. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mento" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mento

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

You know, a mento… a role model. (7 words)

Dem don’t think about mento, calypso, kumina, and all a those things,” he says. (15 words)

These recordings showcased two styles of mento: an acoustic, rural style and a jazzy, popular style. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The three-hour showcase will trace the early beginnings of popular Jamaican music, prior to Jamaican independence from Britain in 1962, to the present, touching on mento, ska, nyabinghi, rocksteady, lovers rock, dub, reggae and dancehall. (36 words)

Costa Rica The music of Costa Rica is represented by musical expressions as parrandera, the Tambito, waltz, bolero, gang, calypso, chiquichiqui, mento the run and callera. (26 words)

These recordings showcased two styles of mento: an acoustic, rural style and a jazzy, popular style. (16 words)

Example sentences (5)

Dem don’t think about mento, calypso, kumina, and all a those things,” he says.

The three-hour showcase will trace the early beginnings of popular Jamaican music, prior to Jamaican independence from Britain in 1962, to the present, touching on mento, ska, nyabinghi, rocksteady, lovers rock, dub, reggae and dancehall.

You know, a mento… a role model.

Costa Rica The music of Costa Rica is represented by musical expressions as parrandera, the Tambito, waltz, bolero, gang, calypso, chiquichiqui, mento the run and callera.

These recordings showcased two styles of mento: an acoustic, rural style and a jazzy, popular style.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mento" in a sentence?
An example: "Dem don’t think about mento, calypso, kumina, and all a those things,” he says." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "mento" from authentic English texts.
What does "mento" mean?
Mento means: a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.
How many example sentences with "mento" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "mento", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.