pachanga

From Spanish pachanga.

pachanga (uncountable)

1. A lively style of Cuban music, a mixture of son montuno and merengue.

• IPA^(key): /paˈt͡ʃanɡa/ [paˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: pa‧chan‧ga

pachanga f (plural pachangas)

1. (Cuba, US) a lively style of Cuban music, a mixture of son montuno and merengue
2. (Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Uruguay) party, bash (social gathering)
3. (sports) pick-up game; football, basketball or another sport kickabout; friendly game

   Synonym: (Cuba) pitén

• → English: pachanga

• boncho m
• carrete m
• farra f
• fiesta f
• guateque m
• juerga f
• marcha f
• parranda f
• reventón m
• tenderete m

• “pachanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16