Meanings
plural rancheras
- entertainmentA traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.
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.
2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
Origin
- Spanishranchera
- Englishranchera
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).
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Cite this entry
ranchera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranchera
“ranchera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranchera. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ranchera,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranchera.
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