juerga
Spanish
Etymology
From huelga, from holgar, from Late Latin follicare (“to blow, breathe”), probably from an Andalusian pronunciation of the word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxweɾɡa/ [ˈxweɾ.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɾɡa
- Syllabification: juer‧ga
Noun
juerga f (plural juergas)
- spree, bender, revel, revelry, carousing, binge, jag
- una noche de juerga ― a night out
- party, partying, jamboree, shindig, bash
- Synonyms: parranda, marcha, carrete, francachela, fiesta
- 2020 July 17, “Corey Feldman, la exestrella infantil a la que nadie cree: una historia de abusos, delirios y depredadores”, in El Páis:
- En Soda Pop estrellas infantiles como Alyssa Milano, Christina Applegate o Ricky Schroder compartían juergas con adultos como el agente de niños actores Marty Weiss o el asistente de Feldman, Ron Crissom.
- In Soda Pop, child stars like Alyssa Milano, Christina Applegate or Ricky Schroder shared jamborees with adults like the agent of child actors Marty Weiss or Feldman's assistant, Ron Crissom.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “juerga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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