charango

English

Etymology

From Spanish charango, onomatopoeic, or perhaps a corruption of charanga. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈɹæŋɡəʊ/

Noun

charango (plural charangos)

1. A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
   • 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.

Derived terms

• charanguista, charangoist
• charangon

Translations

small guitar-like stringed instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恰朗哥 (qiàlǎnggē)

• Finnish: charango
• French: charango (fr) m
• Marathi: चारांगो (cārāṅgo)
• Russian: чаранго (čarango)
• Spanish: charango (es) m

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 1998. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Edited by Bruno Nettl, Terry E. Miller, Ruth M. Stone, Sean Williams. Pg. 213.

Further reading

• charango on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

charango m (plural charanghi)

1. (music) charango

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈɾanɡo/ [t͡ʃaˈɾãŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: cha‧ran‧go

Noun

charango m (plural charangos)

1. (music) charango

Further reading

• “charango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10