💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Maruga"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| maracanoun | (music) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument. |
| marimbanoun | (music) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre. |
| marimbulanoun | A Caribbean musical instrument, a kind of lamellophone with metal strips over a hole in a resonating box. |
| guacharacanoun | (music) A percussion instrument in the form of a partly hollowed tube with ridges carved in its outer surface, played with a wire fork. |
| matracanoun | A type of wooden rattle from Latin America. |
| guironoun | (music) A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound. |
| shak-shaknoun | (music, Caribbean) Any of several kinds of traditional shakers or rattles found throughout the Caribbean. |
| chachanoun | (India) An uncle, especially one's father's younger brother. |
| nagaranoun | (music) A drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region. |
| morachenoun | (music) A Native American musical instrument consisting of a notched stick usually played by rubbing another stick or bone over it. |
| cabasanoun | A percussion instrument constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder, fixed to a long handle, and producing a metallic rattling sound when shaken or twisted. |
| guarachanoun | (music, uncountable) A genre of Cuban popular music with rapid tempo and lyrics. |
| ganzánoun | A Brazilian cylindrical rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. |
| guajiranoun | (uncountable) A style of rural Cuban music. |
| tambouranoun | Alternative spelling of tambura. [(music) A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.] |
| chocolonoun | (music) A shaker that plays a note throughout a samba piece or performance |
| batucadanoun | A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba. |
| marrabentanoun | (music) A genre of popular Mozambican dance music. |
| cantaronoun | (music) A clayen pot used as a percussion instrument in South America. |
| array mbiranoun | (music) A type of plucked lamellophone, a Western adaptation of the African mbira. |
Translate “Maruga” into Another Language
Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.