farándula
See also: faràndula
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Occitan farandoulo, related to farandole.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfarándula f (plural farándulas)
- show business
- Synonym: mundo del espectáculo
- 2022 November 11, Fernando Navarro, “Bruce Springsteen: un disco de soul irrelevante donde posturea como un Joe Cocker acomodado”, in El País[1]:
- Todo indica que, especialmente en Europa, volverá a ser otro acontecimiento social rodeado de farándula, sin vértigo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (collective) milieu and people related to theater
- 2022 November 7, Juan Sanguino, “Alex García: “Uno sabe lo que puede hacer y lo que no. Y cuando uno está preparado para hacerlo, le llega””, in El País[2]:
- García vive en medio del campo. Le ayuda a salir de la burbuja de la farándula: admite que todos sus amigos son actores o artistas y sus últimas cuatro parejas han sido actrices.
- García lives in the middle of the countryside, which helps him to leave the theatre bubble: he admits that all of his friends are actors or artists, and that his last four partners were also actors.
- (derogatory, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Uruguay, El Salvador) nightlife milieu of celebrities
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: faràndula
Further reading
edit- “farándula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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