jarana

Meaning

1. (Mexico, feminine) a small guitar
2. (familiar, feminine) horseplay; fooling around
3. (familiar, feminine, uncountable) cheat, deception
4. (familiar, feminine) revelry
5. (Central-America, countable, familiar, feminine, uncountable) debt
6. (Cuba, feminine) mockery
7. (Philippines, feminine) harana, a type of traditional serenade

Concepts

guitar

🎸

high jinks

hijinks

jinks

lightheartedness

rejoicing

revel

cheerfulness

high jinx

Synonyms

guitarra

🎸

deuda

trampa

🪤

broma

🤣

fiesta

🥳

incuria

Translations

violão

fides

κιθάρα

guitarra

gitar

🎸

Gitarre

🎸

guitare

🎸

guitarra

🎸

chitarra

🎸

gitaar

🎸

giovialità

قيثارة

🎸

foire

Fröhlichkeit

😂

Hyphenated as

ja‧ra‧na

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xaˈɾana/

Etymology

From arana (“cheating”), which is probably from Quechua [Term?], note similar jalana (noisiness) from extinct Charrúa.