jarana
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom arana (“cheating”), which is probably from Quechua [Term?], note similar jalana (noisiness) from extinct Charrúa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjarana f (plural jaranas)
- (Mexico) a small guitar
- Hypernym: guitarra
- (familiar) horseplay; fooling around
- (familiar, uncountable) cheat, deception
- (familiar) revelry
- (familiar, Central America, countable or uncountable) debt
- Synonym: deuda
- Estoy feliz de que ya no tengo jaranas. ― I'm happy I'm not in debt any longer.
- (Cuba) mockery
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tagalog: harana
Further reading
edit- “jarana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish countable nouns
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