different between mariachi vs flamenco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mariachi. The origin of the Spanish word is unclear. It has often been claimed to derive from French mariage (“marriage”), reputedly because the Europe-born Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (which France had invaded) encouraged the music to be played at weddings. However, new evidence shows the word to have been used prior to the French invasion. Most other theories suggest indigenous roots. See Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.i??.t?i/, /?mæ?i??.t?i/

Adjective

mariachi (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.
2. Of or pertaining to a band playing such music, or to the singers of such songs.

Noun

mariachi (plural mariachis)

1. A traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.
2. A group that plays mariachi music.
   • 2002, Leonor Xóchitl Pérez, 8: Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World, Norma Elia Cantú, Olga Nájera-Ramírez (editors), Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change, page 151,

     At her first performance with an all-male mariachi, the oldest member said to the musical director, […] (No! I've never played with a woman; I'm not going to start now [my translation]).

   • 2004, "Mariachi," entry in Cordelia Candelaria, Peter J. García, Arturo J. Aldama (editors), Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture, Volume 2, page 520,

     Today Plaza Garibaldi near the center of Mexico City is considered the home of mariachis, where mariachi musicians congregate in the plaza, waiting for patrons and tourists to audition them and invite them to perform. […] Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán has been considered the premier Mexican mariachi for nearly a century.

3. A member of such a group.

Further reading

• mariachi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• mariache (rare)

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, often derived from French mariage (“marriage”), because such bands performed at wedding celebrations, but this is debated. See mariachi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??jat??i/, [ma??ja.t??i]

Noun

mariachi m (plural mariachis)

1. (music) a traditional form of music from the Mexican state of Jalisco
2. a mariachi band
3. a musician in such a band
4. (by extension, Mexico) an instrumental ensemble accompanying other types of popular Mexican dance and song

Descendants

• ? English: mariachi

Further reading

• “mariachi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• mariachi on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

English

Etymology

From Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Vlaming).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl??m??k??/

Noun

flamenco (countable and uncountable, plural flamencos)

1. (uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
   • 2010, Mike Marqusee, The Guardian, 5 Feb 2010:

     It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.

2. (countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
   • 1977, Tennessee Williams, Vieux Carré, I.3:

     La Niña was so goddam terrific that after a month of singing with the vocal trio, she was singing solo and she was dancing a flamenco better'n a gypsy fireball!

Derived terms

• flamenco guitar

Translations

See also

• fandango

Verb

flamenco (third-person singular simple present flamencos, present participle flamencoing, simple past and past participle flamencoed)

1. (intransitive) To dance flamenco.

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?me?k?o/, [?fl?me??k?o?]
• IPA^(key): /?fl?me?ko/, [?fl?me??ko?]

Noun

flamenco

1. flamenco

Declension

French

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos)

1. flamenco (music, dance)

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish flamenco, from Dutch Vlaming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla?m?n.k?/

Noun

flamenco n (indeclinable)

1. flamenco (genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, Spain)
2. flamenco (song or a dance in such a style)

Further reading

• flamenco in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• flamenco in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Dutch Vlaming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla?menko/, [fla?m??.ko]

Adjective

flamenco (feminine flamenca, masculine plural flamencos, feminine plural flamencas)

1. Flemish
2. (relational) flamenco
3. (colloquial) insolent, cheeky

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos, feminine flamenca, feminine plural flamencas)

1. Fleming, a Flemish person

Noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos)

1. flamingo (bird)
2. flamenco (music)
3. flamenco (dance)

Derived terms

Noun

flamenco m (uncountable)

1. Flemish, the standard variety of Dutch used in Belgium
2. Flemish, a group of Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium

Related terms

• Flandes

See also

• bailaor, bailaora

Further reading

• “flamenco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.