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^[1]:

     The nonpurist result is world-music fusion, linking the Central American parranda and punta to African and Latin pop, flamenco, even electric blues.

Galician

Etymology

Probably a derivation of the synonym farra. Attested at least since 1858.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈrandɐ]

Noun

parranda f (plural parrandas)

1. spree, party, jamboree, carousal

   Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco (folk song)

   Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry

   Synonyms: esmorga, farra, gandaia, troula, xolda

References

• “parranda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “parranda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “parranda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably derived from Basque farra, parra (“laugh, laughter”), whence also Spanish farra and (Brazilian) Portuguese farra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈranda/ [paˈrãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: pa‧rran‧da

Noun

parranda f (plural parrandas)

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

   Synonyms: fiesta, juerga, farra, marcha, carrete

2. binge, spree
3. (music) parranda

Derived terms

• parrandear
• parrandero

 

Descendants

• → Belizean Creole: parandyaa
• → English: paranda

Further reading

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