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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHARANGA

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHARANGA

charanga  [ˌtʃæˈræŋɡə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHARANGA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Charanga is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHARANGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of charanga in the English dictionary

The definition of charanga in the dictionary is a type of orchestra used in performing traditional Cuban music.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHARANGA


anger
ˈæŋɡə
chimichanga
ˌtʃɪmɪˈtʃæŋɡə
clangor
ˈklæŋɡə
clangour
ˈklæŋɡə
Googleganger
ˈɡuːɡəlˌɡæŋɡə
Kananga
kəˈnæŋɡə
Katanga
kəˈtæŋɡə
khanga
ˈkæŋɡə
languor
ˈlæŋɡə
Mahajanga
ˌmæhəˈdʒæŋɡə
manga
ˈmæŋɡə
mbaqanga
əmbɑːˈkæŋɡə
mganga
əmˈɡæŋɡə
panga
ˈpæŋɡə
sanga
ˈsæŋɡə
tanga
ˈtæŋɡə
Tange
ˈtæŋɡə
Zamboanga
ˌzæmbəʊˈæŋɡə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHARANGA

characterisable
characterisation
characterise
characteriser
characterism
characteristic
characteristic curve
characteristic function
characteristically
characterizable
characterization
characterize
characterizer
characterless
characterology
charactery
charade
charades
charango
charas

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHARANGA

anga
Bucaramanga
changa
Ganga
inanga
kanga
karanga
kawanatanga
kotahitanga
Mpumalanga
pa´anga
ranga
rangatiratanga
runanga
Tauranga
tikanga
whare wananga

Synonyms and antonyms of charanga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «charanga» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHARANGA

Find out the translation of charanga to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of charanga from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «charanga» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

charanga
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

charanga
570 millions of speakers

English

charanga
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

charanga
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

charanga
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Charanga
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

charanga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

charanga
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charanga
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Charanga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

charanga
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

charanga
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

charanga
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Charanga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

charanga
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

charanga
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चारंगा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Charanga
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

charanga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

charanga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Charanga
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Charanga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

charanga
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Charanga
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

charanga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

charanga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of charanga

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARANGA»

The term «charanga» is regularly used and occupies the 71.644 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARANGA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «charanga» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «charanga» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about charanga

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHARANGA»

Discover the use of charanga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to charanga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Music from Cuba: Mongo Santamaría, Chocolate Armenteros, and ...
Charanga was a music with aspirations of respectability. As recently as the 1980s , charanga groups played arrangements of semiclassical favorites like La Gioconda. Charanga musicians were considered "educated" musicians. They took ...
Charley Gerard, 2001
2
Cuban Flute Style: Interpretation and Improvisation
Gradually the brighter sounds of the timbales replaced the timpani, the flute replaced the woodwind and brass and, with a piano added to the line-up, the era of the twentieth-century Cuban charanga had begun. A comprehensive history of  ...
Sue Miller, 2013
3
The Latin Beat: The Rhythms And Roots Of Latin Music From ...
The big fad from Havana in the late 1950s and early 1960s was the reborn charanga style, a throwback to the early part of the century that was a kind of reaction to the slick mambo ballroom style. Led by the extremely precise and swing-strong ...
Ed Morales
4
Globalization and Race: Transformations in the Cultural ...
(La Charanga Habanera, Ricky Rikon, El charanguero mayor, Karlyor 2000). 44. "So that you have what you deserve, a sugar daddy with dough." These lyrics are a spoof on a famous verse. La Charanga Habanera, "El temba," from the CD Pa ...
Kamari Maxine Clarke, Deborah A. Thomas, 2006
5
Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music
These additions have been essential to the charanga's definitive sound. The rest of the wind instruments were gradually excluded, while the percussion instruments remained (giiiro and timbal), and the congas were added. The most common ...
George Torres, 2013
6
Salsa Trumpet
Since the end of the nineteenth Century, a new ensemble emerged, the Charanga Francesa, a French military band. This style will be another important piece in the formation of Salsa. The Charanga was composed of a wooden flute, piano, ...
Gabriel Rosati, 2011
7
Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture
Peter J. Garcia Charanga. The term charanga has a variety of meanings within the context of music. Not only is it the name for a popular style of Cuban music; it also refers to a particular dance, as well as to the dance orquestas (orchestras).
Cordelia Candelaria, Peter J. García, Arturo J. Aldama, 2004
8
Danzón: Circum-Carribean Dialogues in Music and Dance
The term “charanga” also has a long history, on and off the island. The Spanish used it as early as the sixteenth century to describe informal military bands, as men- tioned.98 Esteban Pichardo defined it in Cuba in the 1830s as “something ...
Alejandro L. Madrid, Robin D. Moore, 2013
9
Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook
This unique volume treats the reader to both the New York and the American experience, as reflected and transformed by its Hispanic and Latino components.
Claudio Iván Remeseira, 2013
10
A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist
2 and 6). Syn.: keyway, key slot. See also flat spring (2); pin (2). CHARANGA FLUTE. 1. The wooden, six-holed flute used by players of charanga, a popular Cuban dance music played by an ensemble of flutes, violins, percussion, piano, bass, ...
Susan J. Maclagan, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHARANGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term charanga is used in the context of the following news items.
1
US breaks free from past as it restores ties with Cuba
American jazz musician Douglas Little, who happened to be in Havana with his band Charanga Tropical during Wednesday's announcement, ... «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jul 15»
2
US-Cuba ties: 'Park of Sighs' raises hope
American jazz musician Douglas Little, who happened to be in Havana with his band Charanga Tropical during Wednesday's announcement, ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
3
Hope for US-Cuba ties at Havana's 'Park of Sighs'
American jazz musician Douglas Little, who happened to be in Havana with his band Charanga Tropical during Wednesday's announcement, ... «i24news, Jul 15»
4
Panamerican Tiempo Libre
The last highlight is “Grandpa”, an old time danzón with a charanga-style format featuring Fabián Álvarez on flute and Armando García on ... «World Music Central, Jun 15»
5
REGIONAL LEGEND: Fandango USA
Guerrero would return to the group in 1992 for “Sensacional.” That same year was when they released their most famous hit “La Charanga,” in ... «Monitor, Jun 15»
6
Musicality In The Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Paddock
He is involved in three bands, including the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and Charanga Carolina Latin ensemble. "I started playing ... «PaddockTalk, Jun 15»
7
Danzón Habana Festival Starts in Cuba
Among the ones to perform this night, there will be the band Charanga Junior, from Colombia. During the festival, also taking place in ... «Escambray, Jun 15»
8
Jersey City partners with NJCU for free summer concerts
July 15: La Charanga 76, a Latin band, will play at Washington Park at 6 p.m.. Aug. 19: Jeli Posse, a jazz group with students from NJCU, will ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
9
Machi block chiefs condoles
The association members joined sorrow with the grief family members. This was informed by MBCA President L Angacha Charanga. «E-Pao.net, Jun 15»
10
Steve Kenny Presents: Jazz at The Nicollet and Black Dog, June 12-13
More recently he has performed with the Adam Meckler Orchestra, Pete Whitman X-Tet, Endeavors, Charanga Tropical, ,Jake Baldwin's Quintet ... «Jazz Police, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Charanga [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/charanga>. May 2024 ».
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