Etymology

charango

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Today it means: A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music. Full definition →

Spanish charango
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcharango
  2. English todaycharango

From Spanish charango, onomatopoeic, or perhaps a corruption of charanga.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.