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