English

Noun

parranda ‎(uncountable)

1. A Venezuelan genre of music with African influences and drumming.
   • 2008 March 16, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Soft and Tough, and a Star in the Trunk”, in New York Times:

     The nonpurist result is world-music fusion, linking the Central American parranda and punta to African and Latin pop, flamenco, even electric blues.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably derived from Basque farra, parra ‎(“laugh, laughter”), whence also Spanish farra and (Brasilian) Portuguese farra.^[1]

Noun

parranda f ‎(plural parrandas)

1. (loud) party, shindig, jamboree, blast

Synonyms

• fiesta, juerga, farra, marcha, carrete

References

1. ↑ Joan Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, tercera edición 2011, ISBN 978-84-249-0374-9