Meanings
nouncharango (plural charangos)
plural charangos
- A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
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.
1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
- Spanishcharango
- Englishcharango
From Spanish charango, onomatopoeic, or perhaps a corruption of charanga.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 恰朗哥
- 恰朗哥 (qiàlǎnggē)small guitar-like stringed instrument
Finnish charango
- charangosmall guitar-like stringed instrument
French charango
- charangosmall guitar-like stringed instrument
Russian чаранго
- чаранго (čarango)small guitar-like stringed instrument
Spanish charango
- charangosmall guitar-like stringed instrument
Cite this entry
APA
charango. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charango
MLA
“charango.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charango. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “charango,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charango.
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