parranda

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noun

A Venezuelan genre of music with African influences and drumming.

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Meanings

nounparranda (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Venezuelan genre of music with African influences and drumming.

    The nonpurist result is world-music fusion, linking the Central American parranda and punta to African and Latin pop, flamenco, even electric blues.

    2008 March 16, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Soft and Tough, and a Star in the Trunk”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishparranda
  2. Spanishparranda
  3. Englishparranda

Borrowed from Spanish parranda.

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APA

parranda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parranda

MLA

“parranda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parranda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parranda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parranda.

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