Mariachi is a kind of Mexican music people dance and celebrate to, usually with violins, trumpets, and several kinds of guitar, including a big deep one, and with singers. The musicians often wear matching suits and wide hats. You hear it at parties, restaurants, and big family days.

Mariachi is a kind of Mexican music people dance and celebrate toMariachi是一種墨西哥音樂，大家會伴著它跳舞、慶祝, usually with violins, trumpets, and several kinds of guitar通常會用小提琴、小號和好幾種吉他, including a big deep one包括一種低音的大吉他, and with singers還有歌手。The musicians often wear matching suits and wide hats樂手常常穿著成套的西裝、戴寬邊帽。You hear it at parties, restaurants, and big family days你會在派對、餐廳，還有家族大日子裡聽到它。

Though actually, English uses the word more loosely than “a style of dance music.” A mariachi can be the whole band, and a mariachi can be one of the players. Not all Mexican music is mariachi, and mariachi is not only for dancing — it is also for listening and for show.

Though actually不過其實, English uses the word more loosely than "a style of dance music."英文用這個字比「一種舞曲風格」還要鬆散。A mariachi can be the whole bandmariachi可以指整個樂團, and a mariachi can be one of the players也可以指其中一位樂手。Not all Mexican music is mariachi不是所有墨西哥音樂都叫mariachi, and mariachi is not only for dancing而mariachi也不是只拿來跳舞的 — it is also for listening and for show也可以是用來聽的、用來表演的。

English borrowed the word from Mexican Spanish. A tidy story says it comes from the French word for “marriage,” because the music was played at weddings; that story is probably wrong. The word was already in use before the French were in Mexico, and the true origin is not clear (many people now look toward indigenous languages).

English borrowed the word from Mexican Spanish英文是從墨西哥西班牙語借來這個字的。A tidy story says it comes from the French word for "marriage,"有個工整的說法是它來自法文裡「婚禮」這個字 because the music was played at weddings因為這種音樂以前在婚禮上演奏; that story is probably wrong不過這個說法大概是錯的。The word was already in use before the French were in Mexico這個字在法國人到墨西哥之前就已經在用了, and the true origin is not clear而真正的來源並不清楚 (many people now look toward indigenous languages)（現在很多人認為可能來自原住民語言）。