voz

From Old Galician-Portuguese voz, from Latin vōcem, singular accusative of vōx.


vinco

Attested since the 15th century (binco). Semi-learned borrowing from Latin vinculum. Doublet of brinco and vínculo.


corda

From Old Galician-Portuguese corda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

der

(music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)


caixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese cajxa~qajxa (compare Portuguese caixa), probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja.


metro

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

(poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


valor

From Old Galician-Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (“I am strong”).

(music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)


solo

(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)


trompa

From Old Galician-Portuguese tronpa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Onomatopoeic or alternatively from a Germanic language. Compare English trumpet and drum.

Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:

And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself


corrida

Agora si, que cai ben
aquel conto do Boy manso,
que nunha corrida de Touros,
se ò pican, â ollos cerrados
â hùs lles fura os calzòs,
outros os pincha rodando,
este quero, aquel non quero,
esparcendolle os fargallos,
hasta que queda à Praza
espoada âô seu mandado:

1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:

Now it sits well
that tale of the docile ox,
that in a bullfight,
if they sting him, as with closed eyes,
he bores the pants of some,
others he takes down rolling,
this one I want, that I don't,
scattering their rags,
till the plaza is left
sieved [dusted?] at his command


tecla

(music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)


tauromaquia

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) "bull" + μάχη (mákhē) "battle", from μάχομαι (mákhomai) "I do battle".


guitarra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese guitarra, borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cítara and cítola.


gaita

Uncertain; likely from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits. See gaita for other proposals.

gaita tombal

a bagpipe tuned in B flat and built with two drones


camerino

(theater, television, film) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)


clarinete

(music) clarinet (woodwind musical instrument)


opereta

(music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)


acústico

gl-adj

acústico (feminine acústica, masculine plural acústicos, feminine plural acústicas)

acústica (feminine)
acústicos (masculine plural)
acústicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikós, “auditory”).

bor+

(music) acoustic (producing or produced without electrical amplification)


picado

gl-adj

picado (feminine picada, masculine plural picados, feminine plural picadas)

picada (feminine)
picados (masculine plural)
picadas (feminine plural)

(music) staccato (with each note played for a very short duration)


libretista

gl-noun

libretista m or f by sense (plural libretistas)


baixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”).


pentagrama

(music) staff, stave (five lines to write music)


métrica

(poetry, music) meter (rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


dodecafónico

gl-adj

dodecafónico (feminine dodecafónica, masculine plural dodecafónicos, feminine plural dodecafónicas)

dodecafónica (feminine)
dodecafónicos (masculine plural)
dodecafónicas (feminine plural)


guitarra acústica

gl-noun

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarras acústicas)


alborada

Attested since 1827. From albor + -ada. Cognate with Portuguese alvorada and Spanish alborada.

A gaita e o tamboril
Co máis ardente antusiasmo
Tocando unha muiñeiriña
Un valse repenicado
Unha alegre salerosa
Unh'alborada ou fandango

Bagpipe and tabor
With the most ardent enthusiasm
Playing a muiñeira,
an allegro waltz,
a jovial salerosa,
an alborada or a fandango

(music) solemn or joyful traditional musical composition usually played on bagpipe, soon in the morning, during local festivities


vilancico

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


adufe

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /dap/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Portuguese adufe.

inh+

Falas como nun Cortello
è ainda hà de aver un estrozo,
pois sin ver que o fol è mozo,
dàs nel como nun fol vello:
ay Mingota eu chè aconsello,
non fagas con que se atufe,
librenos Dios de que bufe,
por que si colle un fumeiro
en boas mans està ô Pandeiro
para quentarche ô adufe.

1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:

You speak as a stable,
and yet there will be a wreck,
because, don't seeing that the bag is young,
you hit it as if it was old:
oh, Mingota, I recommend that you
don't anger him,
God save us from him seething,
because if he grabs a club
the tambourine is in good hands
for heating your adufe drum

(music) kind of squared tambourine of Arab origin


gaiteiro

gl-noun

gaiteiro m (plural gaiteiros, feminine gaiteira, feminine plural gaiteiras)

gaiteiros (plural)
gaiteira (feminine)
gaiteiras (feminine plural)

(music) bagpiper (one who plays the bagpipes)


toureiro

toureiro m (plural toureiros, feminine toureira, feminine plural toureiras)

toureiros (plural)
toureira (feminine)
toureiras (feminine plural)

(bullfighting) torero, bullfighter, toreador


tourear

gl-verb

tourear (first-person singular present toureo, first-person singular preterite toureei, past participle toureado)

toureo (first-person present singular)
toureei (first-person preterite singular)
toureado (participle past)
toureio (first-person present singular)
toureei (first-person preterite singular)
toureado (participle past)
tourear (impersonal infinitive)
tourear (first-person infinitive singular)
toureares (infinitive second-person singular)
tourear (infinitive personal singular)
tourearmos (first-person infinitive plural)
toureardes (infinitive plural second-person)
tourearen (infinitive personal plural)
toureando (gerund)
toureado (masculine participle past singular)
toureado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
toureado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
toureados (masculine participle past plural)
toureados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
toureada (feminine participle past singular)
toureada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
toureada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
toureadas (feminine participle past plural)
toureadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
toureo (first-person indicative present singular)
toureas (indicative present second-person singular)
tourea (indicative present singular)
toureamos (first-person indicative plural present)
toureades (indicative plural present second-person)
tourean (indicative plural present)
toureaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
toureabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
toureaba (imperfect indicative singular)
toureabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
toureabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
toureaban (imperfect indicative plural)
toureei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
toureaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
toureou (indicative preterite singular)
toureamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
toureastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tourearon (indicative plural preterite)
toureara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tourearas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
toureara (indicative pluperfect singular)
tourearamos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
tourearades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tourearan (indicative pluperfect plural)
tourearei (first-person future indicative singular)
tourearás (future indicative second-person singular)
toureará (future indicative singular)
tourearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
tourearedes (future indicative plural second-person)
tourearán (future indicative plural)
tourearía (conditional first-person singular)
tourearías (conditional second-person singular)
tourearía (conditional singular)
toureariamos (conditional first-person plural)
toureariades (conditional plural second-person)
tourearían (conditional plural)
touree (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tourees (present second-person singular subjunctive)
touree (present singular subjunctive)
toureemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
toureedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
toureen (plural present subjunctive)
tourease (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
toureases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tourease (imperfect singular subjunctive)
toureásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
toureásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
toureasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tourear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
toureares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tourear (future singular subjunctive)
tourearmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
toureardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tourearen (future plural subjunctive)
tourea (imperative second-person singular)
touree (imperative singular)
toureemos (first-person imperative plural)
toureade (imperative plural second-person)
toureen (imperative plural)
non tourees (imperative negative second-person singular)
non touree (imperative negative singular)
non toureemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non toureedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non toureen (imperative negative plural)
tourear (impersonal infinitive)
tourear (first-person infinitive singular)
toureares (infinitive second-person singular)
tourear (infinitive singular third-person)
tourearmos (first-person infinitive plural)
toureardes (infinitive plural second-person)
tourearem (infinitive plural third-person)
toureando (gerund)
toureado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
toureado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
toureados (masculine participle past plural)
toureada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
toureada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
toureadas (feminine participle past plural)
toureio (first-person indicative present singular)
toureo (first-person indicative present singular)
toureias (indicative present second-person singular)
toureas (indicative present second-person singular)
toureia (indicative present singular third-person)
tourea (indicative present singular third-person)
toureamos (first-person indicative plural present)
toureades (indicative plural present second-person)
toureais (indicative plural present second-person)
toureiam (indicative plural present third-person)
touream (indicative plural present third-person)
toureava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
toureavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
toureava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
toureávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
toureávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
toureáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
toureávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
toureavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
toureei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
toureaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
toureache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
toureou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
toureamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
toureastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
toureárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tourearam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
toureara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tourearas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
toureara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
toureáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
toureárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
toureáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
toureárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tourearam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
tourearei (first-person future indicative singular)
tourearás (future indicative second-person singular)
toureará (future indicative singular third-person)
tourearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
tourearedes (future indicative plural second-person)
toureareis (future indicative plural second-person)
tourearám (future indicative plural third-person)
tourearão (future indicative plural third-person)
tourearia (conditional first-person singular)
tourearias (conditional second-person singular)
tourearia (conditional singular third-person)
tourearíamos (conditional first-person plural)
tourearíades (conditional plural second-person)
tourearíeis (conditional plural second-person)
tourearíais (conditional plural second-person)
toureariam (conditional plural third-person)
toureie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
touree (first-person present singular subjunctive)
toureies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tourees (present second-person singular subjunctive)
toureie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
touree (present singular subjunctive third-person)
toureemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
toureedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
toureeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
toureiem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
toureem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
toureasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
toureasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
toureasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
toureássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
toureássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
toureásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
toureassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tourear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
toureares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tourear (future singular subjunctive third-person)
tourearmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
toureardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tourearem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
toureia (imperative second-person singular)
tourea (imperative second-person singular)
toureie (imperative singular third-person)
touree (imperative singular third-person)
toureemos (first-person imperative plural)
toureade (imperative plural second-person)
toureai (imperative plural second-person)
toureiem (imperative plural third-person)
toureem (imperative plural third-person)
nom toureies (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom tourees (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom toureie (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom touree (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom toureemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom toureedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom toureeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom toureiem (imperative negative plural third-person)
nom toureem (imperative negative plural third-person)


alalá

¡Ai, o alalá, miña santa, cántase cando se chora; chórase cando se canta!

1961, Diccionario enciclopédico gallego-castellano, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 99:

Alas! the alalá, my darling, is sung when crying; it's cried when singing!

[…], un alalá ignorado polo resto dos homes.

2014, Francisco X. Fernández Naval, Maribel Longueira, As crebas: Outro xeito de andar ao mar, Baía Edicións, page 73:

[…] , an alalá ignored by the rest of the men.

Catro vellos mariñeiros
todos metidos nun bote
voga, voga, mariñeiro
vamos pra Viveiro
xa se ve San Roque;
voga, voga, mariñeiro
vamos pra Viveiro
xa se ve San Roque.
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalá!
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!

Catro vellos mariñeiros (traditional song)

(music) a traditional type of chant from Galicia, characterised by the use of meaningless vocalisations at the refrain or chorus


bordón

From Old French bordon (“bumblebee; musical instrument”).

bor

(music) in a musical instrument, its thickest string, which produces the lowest tones


orgo

From Old Galician-Portuguese orgõo (attested since the 14th century), from Latin organum. Doublet of órgano. Cognate with Portuguese órgão. For the development of the ending, compare ravo (from Latin raphanus) and orfo (from Latin orphanus).

Ca ali eram os jograres moytos de moytas maneyras: os hũus cõ vyolas, outros cõ loudes, outros cõ çitolas, outros cõ çinfonyas, outros cõ arpas, outros (cõ) salteyros et orgõos

c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 357

Because there were many musicians in many ways: some of them with violas, another ones with lutes, some others with citterns, others with hurdy-gurdies, others with harps, others with psalteries and organs

en cada corta feira y en cada sabado sen as misas cantadas con los orgoos tangidos

1457, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 649:

each Wednesday and Saturday the masses should be sung while they play the organs


tarabela

gl-noun

tarabela m or f by sense (plural tarabelas)

Perhaps from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”); cognate with Portuguese tagarela.

(music) percussion musical instrument build from a cane


caravilla

From Old Galician-Portuguese cravilla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term derived from Latin clavicula (“little key”). Doublet of chavella and clavícula. Compare Portuguese cravelha and Spanish clavija.

outros contaban que Beja
lle apretara as carabillas.
Esto ben podrà ser certo,
p[o]rq[u]e cando este Señor
lle berraba, el tembraba,
é aposto eu que tiña
ó ollo do cu tan cerrado,
que era imposible coupese
un grau de millo p[o]r el;

1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

others told that Beja
had tightened his pegs.
This is probably true,
because when this lord
was shouting him, he was trembling
and I bet that
his asshole was so tight
that it was not possible that
a corn grain entered in it


fraixolé

From French flageolet, from Old French flajol (“flute”) + diminutive -et; probably from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flāre (“to blow”).


pandeirada

(music) festive traditional music piece and dance interpreted by several feminine voices accompanied by pandeiros


de oído

(idiomatic, chiefly music, language learning) by ear