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ranchera

/ɹænˈt͡ʃɛɹə/

ranchera noun: a traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.

Noun

ranchera (plural rancheras)

  1. A traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.
    • With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
  2. A female ranch or rancho owner
  3. A female ranch or rancho worker

Forms of ranchera

pluralrancheras

Origin of ranchera

Borrowed from Spanish ranchera (in Spanish the ending "a" usually is for feminine terms, like in this case, because originally is an adjective for música and/or canción, which are feminine nouns).

Words that rhyme with ranchera

Questions about ranchera

What does ranchera mean?
Ranchera means a traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.
What part of speech is ranchera?
Ranchera is a noun.
How do you pronounce ranchera?
Ranchera is pronounced /ɹænˈt͡ʃɛɹə/.
What is the plural of ranchera?
The plural of ranchera is rancheras.

Words near ranchera in the dictionary

  1. ranchburger
  2. ranchburgers
  3. ranche
  4. ranched
  5. rancher
  6. ranchera
  7. rancheras
  8. rancheria
  9. rancherias
  10. rancherie
  11. rancheries

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