jarana
Spanish
Etymology
From arana (“cheating”), which is probably from Quechua [Term?], note similar jalana (noisiness) from extinct Charrúa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaˈɾana/ [xaˈɾa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: ja‧ra‧na
Noun
jarana f (plural jaranas)
- a small guitar
- Hypernym: guitarra
- (familiar) horseplay; fooling around
- (familiar) cheat; deception; mockery
- (familiar) revelry
- (familiar) debt
Derived terms
- jaranero
Descendants
- → Tagalog: harana
Further reading
- “jarana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014