parranda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parranda.

Noun

parranda (uncountable)

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.^[1] Attested at least since 1858.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [paˈrandɐ]

Noun

parranda f (plural parrandas)

spree, party, jamboree, carousal
Synonyms: esmorga, farra, gandaina, troula, xolda

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

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parranda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parranda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parranda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “farra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

parranda f (plural parrandas)

(loud) party, shindig, jamboree, blast
Synonyms: fiesta, juerga, farra, marcha, carrete
binge, spree
(music) parranda

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Belizean Creole: parandyaa
→ English: paranda

References

^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

Further reading

“parranda”, 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