"cantiga" meaning in Portuguese

See cantiga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡa/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɐ̃ˈti.ɡɐ/ [Portugal], [kɐ̃ˈti.ɣɐ] [Portugal] Forms: cantigas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|cantiga}} Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} cantiga f (plural cantigas)
  1. folk song (song handed down by oral tradition) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cantiga-pt-noun-KqKFOPVx Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Music Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 69 4 23 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 2 30 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 68 4 26 2 Disambiguation of Music: 81 13 6 0
  2. cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cantiga-pt-noun-mQoAsFWI
  3. (by extension) any song Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-cantiga-pt-noun-ljVzKCu-
  4. (figurative, colloquial) nonsense; story Tags: colloquial, feminine, figuratively Synonyms: léria, mentira
    Sense id: en-cantiga-pt-noun-HMy3GZoA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: canção, cantado, cantante, cantar, cântico, cantor

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
    "can‧ti‧ga"
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cantado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cantante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cantar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cântico"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cantor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "69 4 23 4",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 2 30 2",
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        "cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song)"
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        "(by extension) any song"
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        "(figurative, colloquial) nonsense; story"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "léria"
        },
        {
          "word": "mentira"
        }
      ],
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        "colloquial",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈti.ɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐ̃ˈti.ɣɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cantiga"
}
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    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "canção"
    },
    {
      "word": "cantado"
    },
    {
      "word": "cantante"
    },
    {
      "word": "cantar"
    },
    {
      "word": "cântico"
    },
    {
      "word": "cantor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)"
      ],
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        [
          "folk song",
          "folk song"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song)"
      ],
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          "cantiga",
          "cantiga#English"
        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
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      ],
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        "(by extension) any song"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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        [
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          "story"
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        "(figurative, colloquial) nonsense; story"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "léria"
        },
        {
          "word": "mentira"
        }
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃ˈti.ɡɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐ̃ˈti.ɣɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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