charango
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈɾanɡo/
charango is spelled C-H-A-R-A-N-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charango is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “charango” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical de cinco pares de cuerdas. Tiene el aspecto de una guitarra pequeña, con la caja de…”.
What does charango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecharango
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical de cinco pares de cuerdas. Tiene el aspecto de una guitarra pequeña, con la caja de resonancia hecha en caparazón de quirquincho o en madera y el mango en madera. Su ejecución se hace casi exclusivamente con las puntas de los dedos o las uñas y requiere de bastante destreza. Es un instrumento tradicional de los países andinos: Bolivia, Chile, Perú, Ecuador y Argentina.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of charango
- charangos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charango?
- /t͡ʃaˈɾanɡo/
- [t͡ʃaˈɾãŋ.ɡo]
- [t͡ʃaˈɾãŋgo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charango
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charango in Spanish?
charango appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).