murga

Meaning

1. (feminine) band or group of street musicians
2. (colloquial, feminine) bugbear; pain; drag (annoyance)

Synonyms

problema

Translations

Straßenmusikant

Hyphenated as

mur‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmuɾɡa/

Etymology

Probably from an earlier form *musga, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”). Unlike the borrowed doublet música, this form is at most semi-learned, although it is uncertain if it was completely inherited.