parranda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish parranda.
Noun
parranda (uncountable)
- A Venezuelan genre of music with African influences and drumming.
- 2008 March 16, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Soft and Tough, and a Star in the Trunk”, in New York Times:
- The nonpurist result is world-music fusion, linking the Central American parranda and punta to African and Latin pop, flamenco, even electric blues.
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Galician
Etymology
Probably a derivation of the synonym farra.[1] Attested at least since 1858.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paˈrandɐ]
Noun
parranda f (plural parrandas)
- spree, party, jamboree, carousal
- Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco (folk song)
- Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry
- Synonyms: esmorga, farra, gandaia, troula, xolda
References
- “parranda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “parranda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “parranda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “farra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Etymology
Probably derived from Basque farra, parra (“laugh, laughter”), whence also Spanish farra and (Brazilian) Portuguese farra.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈranda/ [paˈrãn̪.d̪a]
- Rhymes: -anda
- Syllabification: pa‧rran‧da
Noun
parranda f (plural parrandas)
- (loud) party, shindig, jamboree, blast
- Synonyms: fiesta, juerga, farra, marcha, carrete
- binge, spree
- (music) parranda
Derived terms
- parrandear
- parrandero
Descendants
- → Belizean Creole: parandyaa
- → English: paranda
References
- Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Further reading
- “parranda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014