ranchera

Borrowed from Spanish ranchera (in Spanish the ending "a" usually is for feminine terms, like in this case, because originally is an adjective for música and/or canción, which are feminine nouns).

• IPA^(key): /ɹænˈt͡ʃɛɹə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹə

ranchera (plural rancheras)

1. (music) A traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.
   • 2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.

2. A female ranch or rancho owner
3. A female ranch or rancho worker

• Achernar

• IPA^(key): /ranˈt͡ʃeɾa/ [rãnʲˈt͡ʃe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ran‧che‧ra

ranchera f (plural rancheras)

1. female equivalent of ranchero
2. ranchera (song)
3. (Spain, automotive) station wagon; estate car

   Synonyms: familiar, (Colombia, Venezuela) camioneta, (Mexico) guayín, (Spain) rubia, (chiefly Argentina) rural, (Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico) station wagon, (Bolivia, Mexico) vagoneta

ranchera

1. feminine singular of ranchero

• “ranchero”, 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