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Noun- a small guitar of Spanish America with a body typically made of an animal shell.

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Usage examples (30)
  • Turns out it's a kind of South American lute called a charango (here's a clip of her explaining it).
  • (Soundbite of music) RATH: A ronroco is a bass version of the charango, a South American mandolinlike instrument.
  • A charango and a quena provided the chorus and even the Afro-Bolivian saya provided their song, one of pity mixed with resignation.
  • Un charango y una quena hicieron de coro y también los de la Saya Afroboliviana pusieron su canto, uno muy lastimero mezclado con resignación.
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