pachanga

From Spanish pachanga.

pachanga (countable and uncountable, plural pachangas)

1. A lively style of Cuban music and dance, a mixture of son montuno and merengue.

• IPA^(key): /paˈt͡ʃanɡa/ [paˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: pa‧chan‧ga

pachanga f (plural pachangas)

1. (Cuba, US) a lively style of Cuban music and dance, a mixture of son montuno and merengue
2. (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Venezuela, Ecuador, Rioplatense, Peru) party, bash

   Synonym: fiesta

3. (Bolivia, sports) pick-up game; football, basketball or another sport kickabout; friendly game

   Synonyms: (Canaries) boncho, (Chile) carrete, farra, fiesta, (Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico) guateque, juerga, parranda, reventón, marcha

   Synonym: (Cuba) pitén

• → English: pachanga

• “pachanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “pachanga”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “pachanga”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
• Guido Gómez de Silva (2001) “pachanga”, in Diccionario breve de mexicanismos, Primera edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “pachanga”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]