pandereta

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pandereta (“tambourine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pandeˈɾeta/, [pãn̪.d̪eˈɾe.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pan‧de‧re‧Ta

Noun

pandereta

1. tambourine

Spanish

Etymology

From pandera (“tambourine”) +‎ -eta.

Noun

pandereta f (plural panderetas)

1. tambourine

   Synonym: pandero

2. (Puerto Rico) a type of frame drum lacking the metallic jinglers found on the shell of a tambourine, and characteristically used in plena music

Derived terms

• España de pandereta

 

Further reading

• “pandereta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014