Mariachi meaning

mä'rē-ä'chē

A street band in Mexico, usually featuring violin, guitar, and trumpet players as well as vocalists.

noun

A member of a strolling band of musicians in Mexico, or any similar band elsewhere, typically playing violins, guitars, and trumpets and dressed in traditional charro garb.

noun

Such a band.

noun

Their music.

noun

Of or having to do with these musicians, their music, etc.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a band playing such music, or to the singers of such songs.

adjective

A group that plays mariachi music.

noun

A member of such a group.

noun

Origin of mariachi

Mexican Spanish perhaps from an indigenous language of Mexico

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from Spanish mariachi, from French mariage (“marriage").

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Mariachi meaning

Origin of mariachi

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