parranda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parranda.

Noun

parranda (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably derived from Basque farra, parra (“laugh, laughter”), whence also Spanish farra and (Brasilian) Portuguese farra.[1]

Noun

parranda f (plural parrandas)

  1. (loud) party, shindig, jamboree, blast

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References
  1. Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, ISBN 978-84-249-0374-9
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