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charango en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃəˈɹæŋɡəʊ/

Etymology

From Spanish charango, onomatopoeic, or perhaps a corruption of charanga.

Meanings

  1. A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
    • One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead. 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
charangos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

charangoist · charangon · charanguista

Translations (6)

es charango (small guitar-like stringed instrument) · ru чаранго (small guitar-like stringed instrument) · mr चारांगो (small guitar-like stringed instrument) · cmn 恰朗哥 (small guitar-like stringed instrument) · fr charango (small guitar-like stringed instrument) · fi charango (small guitar-like stringed instrument)