acciaccatura

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acciaccatura.

ubor

(music) acciaccatura (short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note)


andante

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

(music) andante (passage to be played in a moderately slow tempo)


andante

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

(music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo)


cowbell

Unadapted borrowing from English cowbell.

(music) cowbell (a percussion instrument)


tuba

(music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument)


MC

Borrowed from English MC (“master of ceremonies; rapper”).


salsa

(music, dance genre) salsa (a music and dance genre influenced by Cuban music, jazz and rock)


coral

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin chorālis. By surface analysis, coro + -al.

lbor

(music) choir (ensemble of people who sing together)

(music) choral song (song written for a choir to perform)


coral

(music) choral (written to be performed by a choir)


bend

(music, electric guitar) bend (change in pitch produced by bending a string)


slide

(music) slide (device for playing slide guitar)

(music) slide (guitar technique where the player moves finger up or down the fretboard)


piano

Borrowed from Italian piano, short form of pianoforte. Doublet of plano, chão, and porão.


piano

→ Hunsrik: Piano


cover

(music) cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)


metal

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old Catalan metall, matall, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).

der

(music, usually in the plural) brass instrument


instrumental

pt-adj

instrumental m or f (plural instrumentais, sometimes comparable)

(music, not comparable) instrumental (having no singing)


instrumental

(countable, music) instrumental (composition without singing)


madeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese madeira, from Latin māteria, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognates with Galician madeira and Spanish madera. Doublet of matéria, a borrowing.

(music, usually in the plural) woodwind instrument


tuna

Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).

bor+

(music) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes


fuga

(music) fugue (piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices)


maior

From Old Galician-Portuguese maior, mayor, from Latin māiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (comparative suffix). Doublet of major.


tom

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.

(music) tone (interval of a major second)


intro

(music) Abbreviation of introdução; intro


largo

(music) largo (a musical piece or movement in such a tempo)


presto

From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praestō. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.


soul

(music) soul music (a music genre combining gospel music, rhythm and blues and often jazz)


semibreve

[sɨ.miˈβɾɛ.βɨ]

(music) semibreve (musical note four beats long in 4/4 time)


tema

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of teima.

(music) theme (main melody of a piece of music)


coma

Learned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).


single

Unadapted borrowing from English single.

(music) single (song released on its own or with an extra track)


ocarina

(music) ocarina (an oval wind instrument)


contralto

(music) contralto (voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano)

(music) contralto (singer with this voice)


pianissimo

From Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


crescendo

(music) crescendo (music to be play gradually more loudly)


staccato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian staccato.

ubor

(music) staccato (a style of playing short sharp notes)


clave

Learned borrowing from Latin clāvem. Doublet of chave.


arse

(poetry, music) arsis (the stronger part of a measure or foot)


soprano

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

(music) soprano (the highest vocal range)


tenor

Borrowed from Italian tenore. Doublet of teor.


tenor

(music) tenor (of or relating to the tenor part or range)


caixa

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


longa

(music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)


breve

Probably a borrowing from Latin brevis (“short”) (compare Spanish breve, where *brieve would be expected if the term were inherited), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

(music) a double whole note (US) or breve (UK)


agitato

Borrowed from Italian agitato. Doublet of agitado.

(music) agitato (played in a restless, agitated style)


maestro

pt-noun

maestro m (plural maestros, feminine maestrina, feminine plural maestrinas)

maestros (plural)
maestrina (feminine)
maestrinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of mestre, magíster, máster, and míster.

doublet

(music) conductor (person who conducts an orchestra)


jazz

Que é isso? Uma rádio tocando jazz de manhã e prometendo tocar música erudita na sequência? Só pode ser piada ou estou sonhando ainda!

2010, Ricardo da Mata, O Mundo Lá Fora, Clube de Autores, page 199:

What is this? A radio playing jazz in the morning and promising to play classical next? It can only be a joke, or I am still dreaming!


girafa

(music) Clipping of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”)


chorus

Unadapted borrowing from English chorus. Doublet of coro.

Ele usa um baixo Ken Smith, standard, de 5 cordas, com pedal oitavador e chorus.

He plays a standard, 5-string Ken Smith bass, with an octaver pedal and chorus.

Podem ser conseguidos a partir de efeitos como o chorus, delay, flanger ou compressor/limitador, phase-shift e pitch transposer.

2010, Antonio Adolfo, Arranjo: um enfoque atual, Lumiar Editora, page 64:

[These] may be achieved by means of effects such as chorus, delay, flanging, compression/gate, phase-shift and pitch transposition.

O flanger permite então vários ajustes, desde um chorus comum (é só deixar o botão Res ou Resonance ou Feedback no zero e ajustar o Depth e o Rate) […]

2016, Daniel Luiz Alves, Desvendando Seu Setup: Como melhorar seu som, Clube de Autores, page 65:

Thus, the flanger permits various adjustments, from a simple chorus (just set the Res or Resonance or Feedback knob to zero and adjust the Depth and Rate [knobs]) […]

(music) chorus (effect produced by mixing a signal with delayed and modulated copies of itself)


adagietto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

ubor

(music) adagietto (passage played more lighthearted than adagio)


grave

From Old Galician-Portuguese grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy; grave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.


funk

(music, uncountable) funk (a genre of popular music derived from soul music)

(Brazil, music, uncountable) funk carioca (Brazilian music genre derived from Miami bass)

(Brazil, music) a particular song or composition of funk carioca


atonal

(music) atonal (lacking a tonal center or key)


fermata

Borrowed from Italian fermata. Doublet of firmada.

(music) fermata (holding a note beyond its usual duration or the notation representing it)


blues

(music) blues (a style guitar music of African American origin)


gospel

Unadapted borrowing from English gospel.

(music) gospel music; gospel (a genre of African American religious music)


rock and roll

/ˈʁɔ.kẽj̃ ˈʁow/

[ˈhɔ.kẽɪ̯̃ ˈhoʊ̯]

/ˈʁɔ.kẽj̃ ˈʁow/

[ˈhɔ.kẽɪ̯̃ ˈhoʊ̯]

/ˈʁɔ.kẽj̃ ˈʁow/

[ˈχɔ.kẽɪ̯̃ ˈχoʊ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English rock and roll.


trance

(music) trance (a genre of electronic dance music)


viola

→ Malay: biola
Indonesian: biola

From Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.

(music) viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)

(music) viol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)

(music) viola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)

(music, loosely or endearing) acoustic guitar


sitar

pt-noun

sitar m or (nonstandard) f (plural sitares)

(music) sitar (Indian string instrument)


solo

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone, solitary”). Doublet of só.

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


melisma

(music) melisma (a passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text)


bossa nova

[ˈbɔ.sɐ ˈnɔ.βɐ]

(music) bossa nova (Brazilian musical movement)


folk

(music) folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)


trombone

(music) trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family)


tremolo

(music) tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note)


bravura

Borrowed from Italian bravura. By surface analysis, bravo + -ura.


playback

Unadapted borrowing from English playback.

ubor

(music) playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images)


ambient

(music) ambient (genre of electronic music with a slow, atmospheric tone)


cluster

Unadapted borrowing from English cluster.

(music) cluster (chord of three or more notes)


prima

From Latin prīma, feminine of prīmus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.


quinteto

quintet
(music) music composition in five parts

(music) five musicians who perform a piece of music together


solar

pt-verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)

solo (first-person present singular)
solei (first-person preterite singular)
solado (participle past)
solar (impersonal infinitive)
solar (first-person infinitive singular)
solares (infinitive second-person singular)
solar (infinitive singular third-person)
solarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
solardes (infinitive plural second-person)
solarem (infinitive plural third-person)
solando (gerund)
solado (masculine participle past singular)
solados (masculine participle past plural)
solada (feminine participle past singular)
soladas (feminine participle past plural)
solo (first-person indicative present singular)
solas (indicative present second-person singular)
sola (indicative present singular third-person)
solamos (first-person indicative plural present)
solais (indicative plural present second-person)
solam (indicative plural present third-person)
solava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
solavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
solava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
solávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
soláveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
solavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
solei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
solaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
solou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
solamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
solámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
solastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
solaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
solara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
solaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
solara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
soláramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
soláreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
solaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
solarei (first-person future indicative singular)
solarás (future indicative second-person singular)
solará (future indicative singular third-person)
solaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
solareis (future indicative plural second-person)
solarão (future indicative plural third-person)
solaria (conditional first-person singular)
solarias (conditional second-person singular)
solaria (conditional singular third-person)
solaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
solaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
solariam (conditional plural third-person)
sole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
soles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
solemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
soleis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
solem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
solasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
solasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
solasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
solássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
solásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
solassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
solar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
solares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
solar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
solarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
solardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
solarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
sola (imperative second-person singular)
sole (imperative singular third-person)
solemos (first-person imperative plural)
solai (imperative plural second-person)
solem (imperative plural third-person)
não soles (imperative negative second-person singular)
não sole (imperative negative singular third-person)
não solemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não soleis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não solem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)


reggae

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

(music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)


prato

→ Annobonese: paatu

→ Bengali: পরাত (porat)

From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”). Possibly arrived through the intermediate of French plat, or perhaps a semi-learned term or one used by mainly upper-class speakers in the past, and thus avoiding the usual sound shifts from Latin -pl- into Portuguese -ch-. Compare Spanish plato. Doublet of the popularly inherited chato and the Hellenism plati-.


vibrato

(music) vibrato (musical effect where the pitch of a note is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered)


rota

(music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)


modular

pt-verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulei, past participle modulado)

modulo (first-person present singular)
modulei (first-person preterite singular)
modulado (participle past)
modular (impersonal infinitive)
modular (first-person infinitive singular)
modulares (infinitive second-person singular)
modular (infinitive singular third-person)
modularmos (first-person infinitive plural)
modulardes (infinitive plural second-person)
modularem (infinitive plural third-person)
modulando (gerund)
modulado (masculine participle past singular)
modulados (masculine participle past plural)
modulada (feminine participle past singular)
moduladas (feminine participle past plural)
modulo (first-person indicative present singular)
modulas (indicative present second-person singular)
modula (indicative present singular third-person)
modulamos (first-person indicative plural present)
modulais (indicative plural present second-person)
modulam (indicative plural present third-person)
modulava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
modulavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
modulava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
modulávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
moduláveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
modulavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
modulei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
modulaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
modulou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
modulamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
modulámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
modulastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
modularam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
modulara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
modularas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
modulara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
moduláramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
moduláreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
modularam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
modularei (first-person future indicative singular)
modularás (future indicative second-person singular)
modulará (future indicative singular third-person)
modularemos (first-person future indicative plural)
modulareis (future indicative plural second-person)
modularão (future indicative plural third-person)
modularia (conditional first-person singular)
modularias (conditional second-person singular)
modularia (conditional singular third-person)
modularíamos (conditional first-person plural)
modularíeis (conditional plural second-person)
modulariam (conditional plural third-person)
module (first-person present singular subjunctive)
modules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
module (present singular subjunctive third-person)
modulemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
moduleis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
modulem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
modulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
modulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
modulasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
modulássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
modulásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
modulassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
modular (first-person future singular subjunctive)
modulares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
modular (future singular subjunctive third-person)
modularmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
modulardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
modularem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
modula (imperative second-person singular)
module (imperative singular third-person)
modulemos (first-person imperative plural)
modulai (imperative plural second-person)
modulem (imperative plural third-person)
não modules (imperative negative second-person singular)
não module (imperative negative singular third-person)
não modulemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não moduleis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não modulem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, music) to modulate (to change the pitch, intensity or tone of one’s voice or of a musical instrument)


cifra

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

der

(music) number or letter that represents a chord


heavy metal

[ˈɛ.βi ˈmɛ.tɐɫ]

Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.

ubor

(music) heavy metal (genre of rock music)


ensemble

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

(music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)


cajón

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cajón. Related to caixão (“coffin”).

(music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)


tocador

pt-noun

tocador m (plural tocadores, feminine tocadora, feminine plural tocadoras)

tocadores (plural)
tocadora (feminine)
tocadoras (feminine plural)

(music) player (one who plays a musical instrument)


parada

From the feminine past participle of parar.

(music) record chart (ranking of music according to popularity)


frase

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

der

(music) phrase (a small, somewhat independent series of notes)


modo

Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

der

(music) mode (one of several ancient scales)


leitmotiv

pt-noun

leitmotiv m (plural leitmotiven or leitmotiv or leitmotivs or leitmotives)

leitmotiven (plural)
leitmotiv (plural)
leitmotivs (plural)
leitmotives (plural)

(music) leitmotif (a recurring melodic theme in an opera)


conjunto

Borrowed from Latin coniūnctus (“adjoining, connected”).


chanson

Unadapted borrowing from French chanson f. Doublet of canção f.

ubor

(music) chanson (traditional French song)


chave

Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcabi

Macanese: chávi

→ Assamese: চাবি (sabi)

→ Bengali: চাবি (cabi)

→ Gujarati: ચાવી (cāvī)

→ Hindi: चाभी (cābhī), चाबी (cābī)

→ Konkani: चावी (cāvī)

→ Marathi: चावी (cāvī)

→ Rohingya: sabí

→ Sylheti: ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi)

→ Tamil: சாவி (cāvi)

→ Malayalam: ചാവി (cāvi), ചാബി (cābi)

→ Urdu: چابھی (cābhī), چابی (cābī)

From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate).
Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie. Doublet of clave, a borrowing.

der

(music) tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)


fado

Inherited from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

inh+

O fado é um estilo musical português.


fusa

(music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)


ópera

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of obra.


celesta

(music) celesta (an idiophone similar to a small piano)


sonata

(music) sonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)


letra

From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).


J-pop

[ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

[ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

[ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

/ˌd͡ʒɐjˈpɔp/

/ˌd͡ʒɐjˈpɔp/


pot-pourri

(music) potpourri (a medley of songs or music)


acid jazz

Unadapted borrowing from English acid jazz.

ubor

(music) acid jazz (music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco)


afinar

pt-verb

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)

afino (first-person present singular)
afinei (first-person preterite singular)
afinado (participle past)
afinar (impersonal infinitive)
afinar (first-person infinitive singular)
afinares (infinitive second-person singular)
afinar (infinitive singular third-person)
afinarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
afinardes (infinitive plural second-person)
afinarem (infinitive plural third-person)
afinando (gerund)
afinado (masculine participle past singular)
afinados (masculine participle past plural)
afinada (feminine participle past singular)
afinadas (feminine participle past plural)
afino (first-person indicative present singular)
afinas (indicative present second-person singular)
afina (indicative present singular third-person)
afinamos (first-person indicative plural present)
afinais (indicative plural present second-person)
afinam (indicative plural present third-person)
afinava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
afinavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
afinava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
afinávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
afináveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
afinavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
afinei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
afinaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
afinou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
afinamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
afinámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
afinastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
afinaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
afinara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
afinaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
afinara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
afináramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
afináreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
afinaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
afinarei (first-person future indicative singular)
afinarás (future indicative second-person singular)
afinará (future indicative singular third-person)
afinaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
afinareis (future indicative plural second-person)
afinarão (future indicative plural third-person)
afinaria (conditional first-person singular)
afinarias (conditional second-person singular)
afinaria (conditional singular third-person)
afinaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
afinaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
afinariam (conditional plural third-person)
afine (first-person present singular subjunctive)
afines (present second-person singular subjunctive)
afine (present singular subjunctive third-person)
afinemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
afineis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
afinem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
afinasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
afinasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
afinasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
afinássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
afinásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
afinassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
afinar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
afinares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
afinar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
afinarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
afinardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
afinarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
afina (imperative second-person singular)
afine (imperative singular third-person)
afinemos (first-person imperative plural)
afinai (imperative plural second-person)
afinem (imperative plural third-person)
não afines (imperative negative second-person singular)
não afine (imperative negative singular third-person)
não afinemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não afineis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não afinem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Macanese: afinâ

From a- + fino + -ar, influenced by French affiner.

(music) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)


alegro

Borrowed from Italian allegro. Doublet of alegre.

(music) allegro (played in a quick, lively tempo)


alegro

(music) allegro (in a quick, lively tempo)


alegro

(music) allegro (a passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo)


tecla

From Medieval Latin thēcula, diminutive of Latin thēca (“box”), perhaps blended with a descendant of Latin tēgula (“tile”).

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


cante

(music, Portugal) genre of traditional music from the Portuguese region of Alentejo, usually performed a cappella by amateur choral groups


frasear

frasear (first-person singular present fraseio, first-person singular preterite fraseei, past participle fraseado)

fraseio (first-person present singular)
fraseei (first-person preterite singular)
fraseado (participle past)
frasear (impersonal infinitive)
frasear (first-person infinitive singular)
fraseares (infinitive second-person singular)
frasear (infinitive singular third-person)
frasearmos (first-person infinitive plural)
fraseardes (infinitive plural second-person)
frasearem (infinitive plural third-person)
fraseando (gerund)
fraseado (masculine participle past singular)
fraseados (masculine participle past plural)
fraseada (feminine participle past singular)
fraseadas (feminine participle past plural)
fraseio (first-person indicative present singular)
fraseias (indicative present second-person singular)
fraseia (indicative present singular third-person)
fraseamos (first-person indicative plural present)
fraseais (indicative plural present second-person)
fraseiam (indicative plural present third-person)
fraseava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fraseavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fraseava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fraseávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fraseáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fraseavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fraseei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fraseaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fraseou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fraseamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
fraseámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fraseastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
frasearam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
fraseara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
frasearas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
fraseara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
fraseáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
fraseáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
frasearam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
frasearei (first-person future indicative singular)
frasearás (future indicative second-person singular)
fraseará (future indicative singular third-person)
frasearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
fraseareis (future indicative plural second-person)
frasearão (future indicative plural third-person)
frasearia (conditional first-person singular)
frasearias (conditional second-person singular)
frasearia (conditional singular third-person)
frasearíamos (conditional first-person plural)
frasearíeis (conditional plural second-person)
fraseariam (conditional plural third-person)
fraseie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fraseies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fraseie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fraseemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fraseeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fraseiem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fraseasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fraseasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fraseasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fraseássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fraseásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fraseassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
frasear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
fraseares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
frasear (future singular subjunctive third-person)
frasearmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
fraseardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
frasearem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
fraseia (imperative second-person singular)
fraseie (imperative singular third-person)
fraseemos (first-person imperative plural)
fraseai (imperative plural second-person)
fraseiem (imperative plural third-person)
não fraseies (imperative negative second-person singular)
não fraseie (imperative negative singular third-person)
não fraseemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não fraseeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não fraseiem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music) to phrase (to perform a passage with the correct phrasing)


instrumentar

instrumentar (first-person singular present instrumento, first-person singular preterite instrumentei, past participle instrumentado)

instrumento (first-person present singular)
instrumentei (first-person preterite singular)
instrumentado (participle past)
instrumentar (impersonal infinitive)
instrumentar (first-person infinitive singular)
instrumentares (infinitive second-person singular)
instrumentar (infinitive singular third-person)
instrumentarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
instrumentardes (infinitive plural second-person)
instrumentarem (infinitive plural third-person)
instrumentando (gerund)
instrumentado (masculine participle past singular)
instrumentados (masculine participle past plural)
instrumentada (feminine participle past singular)
instrumentadas (feminine participle past plural)
instrumento (first-person indicative present singular)
instrumentas (indicative present second-person singular)
instrumenta (indicative present singular third-person)
instrumentamos (first-person indicative plural present)
instrumentais (indicative plural present second-person)
instrumentam (indicative plural present third-person)
instrumentava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
instrumentavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
instrumentava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
instrumentávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
instrumentáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
instrumentavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
instrumentei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
instrumentaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
instrumentou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
instrumentamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
instrumentámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
instrumentastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
instrumentaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
instrumentara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
instrumentaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
instrumentara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
instrumentáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
instrumentáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
instrumentaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
instrumentarei (first-person future indicative singular)
instrumentarás (future indicative second-person singular)
instrumentará (future indicative singular third-person)
instrumentaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
instrumentareis (future indicative plural second-person)
instrumentarão (future indicative plural third-person)
instrumentaria (conditional first-person singular)
instrumentarias (conditional second-person singular)
instrumentaria (conditional singular third-person)
instrumentaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
instrumentaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
instrumentariam (conditional plural third-person)
instrumente (first-person present singular subjunctive)
instrumentes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
instrumente (present singular subjunctive third-person)
instrumentemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
instrumenteis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
instrumentem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
instrumentasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
instrumentasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
instrumentasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
instrumentássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
instrumentásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
instrumentassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
instrumentar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
instrumentares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
instrumentar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
instrumentarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
instrumentardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
instrumentarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
instrumenta (imperative second-person singular)
instrumente (imperative singular third-person)
instrumentemos (first-person imperative plural)
instrumentai (imperative plural second-person)
instrumentem (imperative plural third-person)
não instrumentes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não instrumente (imperative negative singular third-person)
não instrumentemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não instrumenteis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não instrumentem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, music) to score, to instrument (a work)

(transitive or intransitive, music) to choose the instruments for (a work)


forró

Clipping of forrobodó (“chaotic situation”).

clipping

(music, dance) type of music and dance that originated in Northeastern Brazil


motivo

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin mōtīvus.

lbor

(music) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)


triângulo

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Italic *trēs
Latin trēs
Latin angulus
Latin triangulus
Latin triangulumlbor.
Portuguese triângulo
Learned borrowing from Latin triangulum. Sense 2 is a partial calque of Japanese 三角絞め (sankaku jime, “triangle choke”).

partial calque

(music) triangle (a percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle)


rubato

Borrowed from Italian rubato (“stolen”). Doublet of roubado.

(music) rubato (timing played near, but not on the beat)


lá

Borrowed from Italian la, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip’s”).

(music) la (sixth note of a major scale, in solfège)


death metal

Unadapted borrowing from English death metal.

ubor

(music) death metal (subgenre of heavy metal)


jam session

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

(music) jam (impromptu informal performance or practice session)


remix

(music) remix (piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together)


mandola

(music) mandola (a stringed musical instrument)


andamento

O primeiro andamento é vigoroso

(music) movement (division of a larger composition)


black metal

Unadapted borrowing from English black metal.

(music) black metal (a subgenre of heavy metal)


tímpano

Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of timbre.

der

(music) kettledrum (large drum with a tunable drumhead)


folia

From Old Galician-Portuguese folia, from fol + -ia.


dó

(music) do (first tonic of a major scale)


abertura

[ɐ.βɨɾˈtu.ɾɐ]

From Latin apertūra. By surface analysis, aberto + -ura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.


ligadura

(music) slur; ligature (the symbol indicating a legato passage)


gaita

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
* Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits, with semantic shift due to bagpipes being made of goat skin;
* Ottoman Turkish (Turkish gayda), from Bulgarian гайда (gajda), possibly via Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa);
* Old Galician-Portuguese guaita, from Proto-Germanic *wahta;
* from the same root as Spanish gayo;
* Hausa algaita, via a Berber language;
* Suevic.


cartaz

→ Tamil: கடுதாசி (kaṭutāci)

→ Malayalam: കടലാസ് (kaṭalāsŭ)

→ Thai: กระดาษ (grà-dàat)

From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “sheet of paper”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to scratch, to inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”). Cognate to English chart. Doublet of carta.

(music) lineup (acts performing at a concert or music festival)


aparelhagem

/ɐ.pɐ.ɾɨˈʎa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

By surface analysis, aparelho (“device”) + -agem. Aparelho from Latin appariculum, diminutive of apparātus (“device”)


xilofone

(music) xylophone (instrument consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets)


bateria

(music) drum kit; drum set; drums (collection of drums and other percussion instruments played as a unit)


braço

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Compare Galician brazo, Spanish brazo, Catalan braç, Romanian braț, and Italian braccio.

der

arm (anything that extends out from another thing)

(music) neck (extended part of a stringed instrument)


acorde

(music) chord (three or more simultaneous notes)


clarinete

(music) clarinet (woodwind musical instrument)


tambor

From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor.

(music) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)


merengue

From Spanish merengue, from French meringue.


opereta

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


partitura

(music) sheet music (written musical notation)


teclado

From tecla (“key of a keyboard”) + -ado.

(music) keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)


fluxo

Learned borrowing from Latin fluxus (“flow”). Doublet of chocho and frouxo.


homófono

pt-adj

homófono (feminine homófona, masculine plural homófonos, feminine plural homófonas)

homófona (feminine)
homófonos (masculine plural)
homófonas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), from ὁμός (homós) + φωνή (phōnḗ). By surface analysis, homo- + -fono.

(music) homophonic (having a single melodic line)


estandarte

From Old French estandart. Cognate with English standard.

(music) piece of wood, located below the bridge, to which the strings of bowed instruments are attached


bemol

bemol m or f (plural bemóis, not comparable)

Borrowed from Italian bemolle. By surface analysis, bê + mole.

(music, note) flat (lowered by one semitone)


bemol

(music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)


naipe

Borrowed from Spanish naipe, from Catalan naip, most likely from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. See naip for more.

(by extension, music) section (of a band or orchestra)


neuma

(music) neume (sign used in early musical notation)


recitativo

(music) recitative (dialogue in an opera)


solista

pt-noun

solista m or f by sense (plural solistas)

(music) soloist (musician who performs alone)


tiorba

/t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.bɐ/

[t͡ʃɪˈɔɦ.bɐ]

/ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.bɐ/

[ˈt͡ʃjɔɦ.bɐ]

/t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.bɐ/

[t͡ʃɪˈɔɦ.bɐ]

/ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.bɐ/

[ˈt͡ʃjɔɦ.bɐ]

/t͡ʃiˈɔɾ.bɐ/

[t͡ʃɪˈɔɾ.bɐ]

/ˈt͡ʃjɔɾ.bɐ/

/t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.bɐ/

[t͡ʃɪˈɔʁ.bɐ]

/ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.bɐ/

[t͡ʃɪˈɔɻ.ba]

(music) theorbo (baroque instrument of the lute family)


acústico

pt-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)


acordeão

/ɐ.kɔɾˈdjɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.kɔɾˈðjɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from French accordéon, from German Akkordeon.

(music) accordion (a keyed, bellows-driven wind instrument)


intérprete

pt-noun

intérprete m or f by sense (plural intérpretes)

/ĩˈtɛɾ.pɾɨ.tɨ/


arioso

pt-adj

arioso (feminine ariosa, masculine plural ariosos, feminine plural ariosas, metaphonic)

ariosa (feminine)
ariosos (masculine plural)
ariosas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)


arioso

(music) arioso (a musical style similar to aria)


órgão

→ Japanese: オルガン (orugan)

[ˈɔɦ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɦ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɾ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔʁ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɻ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”).


surdo

pt-noun

surdo m (plural surdos, feminine surda, feminine plural surdas)

surdos (plural)
surda (feminine)
surdas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese sordo, from Latin surdus, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).

(music) floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)


pauta

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.


picado

pt-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)


picado

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


editora

editora discográfica
editora discográfica#Portuguese

(music) Ellipsis of editora discográfica.; record label


libretista

pt-noun

libretista m or f by sense (plural libretistas)


choro

Deverbal from chorar. For the origin of the music sense there exist various theories:
* a fusion of choro (from chorar) and Latin chorus
* a corruption of choromeleiros, musicians during the Brazilian colonial period
* a corruption of xolo, a type of dance from Brazilian fazendas.

(music) choro (Brazilian popular music genre)


brega

(music) a subgenre of Brazilian popular music that originated in the 1970s, often with romantic lyrics about love and infidelity


pagode

→ Catalan: pagoda

→ French: pagode

→ English: pagoda

→ German: Pagode

→ Spanish: pagoda

Borrowed from Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti), from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “goddess”).


síncope

(music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)


ciranda

(music) a traditional dance from the Northeastern region of Brazil, where people hold hands in order to dance in a circle


cavaquinho

From cavaco (“fragment of wood”) + -inho.

(music) cavaquinho (small string instrument of the European guitar family)


cavalete

Borrowed from Italian cavalletto. By surface analysis, cavalo + -ete.

(music) bridge (support for a string instrument)


baterista

baterista m or f by sense (plural bateristas)

(music) drummer (one who plays the drums)


chocalho

From choca + -alho, from Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.


mínima

(music) minim (a half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem)


kuduro

Uncertain, probably from Kimbundu ku (from mataku) or cu (“butt”) + duro (“hard”).

2014, MARCOS DE DIOS, Ángel, La lengua portuguesa: Vol. I, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca →ISBN, page 163

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

A trilha sonora é “Vem dançar com tudo”, adaptação de “Vem dançar kuduro”. A principal mudança, em relação à canção original, está na substituição da palavra angolana kuduro, um cacófato, que quer dizer, em português, “bunda dura”.

(music) kuduro (danceable style of music originating in Angola)


krautrock

(music) krautrock (a genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s)


cromático

pt-adj

cromático (feminine cromática, masculine plural cromáticos, feminine plural cromáticas, not comparable)

cromática (feminine)
cromáticos (masculine plural)
cromáticas (feminine plural)

From Latin chrōmaticus, from Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós), from χρῶμα (khrôma).


falsete

(music) falsetto (technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices)


intervalo

Learned borrowing from Latin intervallum.

lbor

(music) interval (difference in pitch between two notes)


interpretação

/ĩ.tɨɾ.pɾɨ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin interpretātiōnem (“interpretation; explanation”). By surface analysis, interpretar + -ção.

(music) a performance of music written by somebody else


matraca

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq, “stick, hammer”). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.


violista

pt-noun

violista m or f by sense (plural violistas)

(music) violist (person who plays the viola)


baixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”). Compare English bass, Spanish bajo.

(music) bass (instrument that plays in the bass range)


pentagrama

/pẽ.tɐˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[pẽ.tɐˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/pẽ.tɐˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[pẽ.tɐˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

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


etnomusicologia

From etno- + musicologia (compare French ethnomusicologie).

(music) ethnomusicology (study of music and culture)


orquestra

/oʁˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/

[oχˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ]

/ɔɾˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/

From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).


allegro non troppo

allegro non troppo
allegro non troppo#English

(music) allegro non troppo (played fast, but not too fast)


afrobeat

Unadapted borrowing from English afrobeat.

ubor

(music) afrobeat (a fusion of jazz and funk from Nigeria)


antifonia

(music) antiphony (singing by a choir split in two parts or a piece sung in this manner)


bater

pt-verb

bater (first-person singular present bato, first-person singular preterite bati, past participle batido)

bato (first-person present singular)
bati (first-person preterite singular)
batido (participle past)
bater (impersonal infinitive)
bater (first-person infinitive singular)
bateres (infinitive second-person singular)
bater (infinitive singular third-person)
batermos (first-person infinitive plural)
baterdes (infinitive plural second-person)
baterem (infinitive plural third-person)
batendo (gerund)
batido (masculine participle past singular)
batidos (masculine participle past plural)
batida (feminine participle past singular)
batidas (feminine participle past plural)
bato (first-person indicative present singular)
bates (indicative present second-person singular)
bate (indicative present singular third-person)
batemos (first-person indicative plural present)
bateis (indicative plural present second-person)
batem (indicative plural present third-person)
batia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
batias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
batia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
batíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
batíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
batiam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bati (first-person indicative preterite singular)
bateste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
bateu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
batemos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
batestes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
bateram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
batera (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
bateras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
batera (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
batêramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
batêreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
bateram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
baterei (first-person future indicative singular)
baterás (future indicative second-person singular)
baterá (future indicative singular third-person)
bateremos (first-person future indicative plural)
batereis (future indicative plural second-person)
baterão (future indicative plural third-person)
bateria (conditional first-person singular)
baterias (conditional second-person singular)
bateria (conditional singular third-person)
bateríamos (conditional first-person plural)
bateríeis (conditional plural second-person)
bateriam (conditional plural third-person)
bata (first-person present singular subjunctive)
batas (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bata (present singular subjunctive third-person)
batamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
batais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
batam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
batesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
batesses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
batesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
batêssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
batêsseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
batessem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bater (first-person future singular subjunctive)
bateres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
bater (future singular subjunctive third-person)
batermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
baterdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
baterem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
bate (imperative second-person singular)
bata (imperative singular third-person)
batamos (first-person imperative plural)
batei (imperative plural second-person)
batam (imperative plural third-person)
não batas (imperative negative second-person singular)
não bata (imperative negative singular third-person)
não batamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não batais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não batam (imperative negative plural third-person)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bater, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere. Compare Galician bater.

inh+

Eu bato tambor em todos os eventos do nosso clube.

I play the drum at all our club’s events.

(transitive or intransitive, music) to beat (to play a percussion instrument) [transitive or with em ‘an instrument’]


cifrar

pt-verb

cifrar (first-person singular present cifro, first-person singular preterite cifrei, past participle cifrado)

cifro (first-person present singular)
cifrei (first-person preterite singular)
cifrado (participle past)
cifrar (impersonal infinitive)
cifrar (first-person infinitive singular)
cifrares (infinitive second-person singular)
cifrar (infinitive singular third-person)
cifrarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
cifrardes (infinitive plural second-person)
cifrarem (infinitive plural third-person)
cifrando (gerund)
cifrado (masculine participle past singular)
cifrados (masculine participle past plural)
cifrada (feminine participle past singular)
cifradas (feminine participle past plural)
cifro (first-person indicative present singular)
cifras (indicative present second-person singular)
cifra (indicative present singular third-person)
ciframos (first-person indicative plural present)
cifrais (indicative plural present second-person)
cifram (indicative plural present third-person)
cifrava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cifravas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cifrava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cifrávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cifráveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cifravam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cifrei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cifraste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cifrou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
ciframos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
cifrámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cifrastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cifraram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cifrara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
cifraras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
cifrara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
cifráramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
cifráreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cifraram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
cifrarei (first-person future indicative singular)
cifrarás (future indicative second-person singular)
cifrará (future indicative singular third-person)
cifraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cifrareis (future indicative plural second-person)
cifrarão (future indicative plural third-person)
cifraria (conditional first-person singular)
cifrarias (conditional second-person singular)
cifraria (conditional singular third-person)
cifraríamos (conditional first-person plural)
cifraríeis (conditional plural second-person)
cifrariam (conditional plural third-person)
cifre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cifres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cifre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cifremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cifreis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cifrem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cifrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cifrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cifrasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cifrássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cifrásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cifrassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cifrar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cifrares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cifrar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cifrarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cifrardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cifrarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
cifra (imperative second-person singular)
cifre (imperative singular third-person)
cifremos (first-person imperative plural)
cifrai (imperative plural second-person)
cifrem (imperative plural third-person)
não cifres (imperative negative second-person singular)
não cifre (imperative negative singular third-person)
não cifremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não cifreis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não cifrem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music) to indicate the chords of a song


oitava

From Old Galician-Portuguese oitavo, from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”), q.v. As units of measure, named in reference to making up one-eighth of the alqueire (Portuguese bushel) or onça (Portuguese ounce). Cognate with Spanish ochava, Catalan octava, and Galician oitava.

(music) octave (an interval of twelve semitones)


ponteiro

talhadeira

antonym(s) of “masonry chisel with a pointy tip”

(music) plectrum (object to pluck strings of a musical instrument)

(music) chanter (pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played)


estudo

From Old Galician-Portuguese estudo, estudio, studo, from Latin studium.


batera

Clipping of bateria (“drum kit”) with -a.

(Brazil, music, colloquial) drummer (person who plays the drums)


cravo

From French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clāvis (“key”).

(music) harpsichord (keyboard instrument which produces sound by plucking the strings)


allegro ma non troppo

allegro ma non troppo
allegro ma non troppo#English

(music) allegro ma non troppo (passage played allegro, but not too much so)


canto gregoriano

pt-noun

canto gregoriano m (plural cantos gregorianos)

(music) Gregorian chant (unaccompanied monotonic singing style)


sinfonista

sinfonista m or f by sense (plural sinfonistas)


refrão

[heˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χeˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Spanish refrán, from French refrain, from Latin re- (“back, again”) + frangō (“break”).


oboé

Borrowed from Italian oboè (“oboe”), from French hautbois, from haut (“high, loud”) + bois (“wood, woodwind”).


métrica

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


antimusical

pt-adj

antimusical m or f (plural antimusicais)

(music) antimusical (opposing or countering music)


plectro

(music) plectrum (small piece of material for plucking strings)


tónica

tónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


tónico

tónico (feminine tónica, masculine plural tónicos, feminine plural tónicas, not comparable)

tónica (feminine)
tónicos (masculine plural)
tónicas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(music, phonetics) tonic (relating to tones)

(music) tonic (pertaining to the keynote of a composition)


antífona

From Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “verse response”), from ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “responsive”), from ἀντί (antí, “against, in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).


guitarra acústica

pt-noun

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarras acústicas)

(music, retronym) acoustic guitar (hollow-body guitar)


balanço

→? Japanese: ブランコ (buranko)

From balança (“scales”), from Old Galician-Portuguese balança, from Late Latin bilancia, from Latin bilanx (“having two scales”), from bi- + lanx.

O balanço dessa música é bom para dançar.

(music, informal) rhythm (variation of strong and weak elements of sounds)


siringe

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of seringa.

(music) syrinx (very old flute, with transverse wind, consisting of a series of tubes that produce a scale, Pan flute)


dueto

(music) duet (a musical composition for two performers)


noneto

nonet
(music) music composition in nine parts

(music) nine musicians who perform a piece of music together


septeto

(music) music composition in seven parts

(music) seven musicians who perform a piece of music together


sexteto

sextet
(music) music composition in six parts

(music) six musicians who perform a piece of music together


metrónomo

metrónomos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) + νόμος (nómos).

(music) metronome (device that marks time by means of regular ticks)


octeto

(music) music composition in eight parts

(music) eight musicians who perform a piece of music together


viela

Borrowed from French vielle (“vielle; hurdy-gurdy”).

bor+

(music) vielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin)


acromático

pt-adj

acromático (feminine acromática, masculine plural acromáticos, feminine plural acromáticas)

acromática (feminine)
acromáticos (masculine plural)
acromáticas (feminine plural)

(music) achromatic (having only the diatonic notes of the scale)


faixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese faixa, from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Doublet of fáscia.

Esta é a minha faixa favorita no disco inteiro.

This is my favorite track on the entire disc.


aleluia

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).

(Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)


noturno

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin nocturnus.


pestana

From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian and Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

(music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)

(music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)


harmónica

harmónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


tanger

pt-verb

tanger (first-person singular present tanjo, first-person singular preterite tangi, past participle tangido)

tanjo (first-person present singular)
tangi (first-person preterite singular)
tangido (participle past)
tanger (impersonal infinitive)
tanger (first-person infinitive singular)
tangeres (infinitive second-person singular)
tanger (infinitive singular third-person)
tangermos (first-person infinitive plural)
tangerdes (infinitive plural second-person)
tangerem (infinitive plural third-person)
tangendo (gerund)
tangido (masculine participle past singular)
tangidos (masculine participle past plural)
tangida (feminine participle past singular)
tangidas (feminine participle past plural)
tanjo (first-person indicative present singular)
tanges (indicative present second-person singular)
tange (indicative present singular third-person)
tangemos (first-person indicative plural present)
tangeis (indicative plural present second-person)
tangem (indicative plural present third-person)
tangia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tangias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tangia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tangíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tangíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tangiam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tangi (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tangeste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tangeu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tangemos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tangestes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tangeram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tangera (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tangeras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
tangera (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
tangêramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
tangêreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tangeram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
tangerei (first-person future indicative singular)
tangerás (future indicative second-person singular)
tangerá (future indicative singular third-person)
tangeremos (first-person future indicative plural)
tangereis (future indicative plural second-person)
tangerão (future indicative plural third-person)
tangeria (conditional first-person singular)
tangerias (conditional second-person singular)
tangeria (conditional singular third-person)
tangeríamos (conditional first-person plural)
tangeríeis (conditional plural second-person)
tangeriam (conditional plural third-person)
tanja (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tanjas (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tanja (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tanjamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tanjais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tanjam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tangesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tangesses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tangesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tangêssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tangêsseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tangessem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tanger (first-person future singular subjunctive)
tangeres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tanger (future singular subjunctive third-person)
tangermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
tangerdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tangerem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
tange (imperative second-person singular)
tanja (imperative singular third-person)
tanjamos (first-person imperative plural)
tangei (imperative plural second-person)
tanjam (imperative plural third-person)
não tanjas (imperative negative second-person singular)
não tanja (imperative negative singular third-person)
não tanjamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não tanjais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não tanjam (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Latin tangere, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.


fortíssimo

fortíssima (feminine)
fortíssimos (masculine plural)
fortíssimas (feminine plural)


traste

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin trānstrum with change of declension. Compare Spanish traste and trasto.


oratório

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“public speaker, orator”) + -ōrius.

lbor

(music) oratorio (a composition with a religious theme, similar to opera)


caldeirão

[kaʊ̯.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From caldeira + -ão; compare Italian calderone, French chaudron; cf. also Spanish calderón.


bordão

Inherited from Late Latin burdōnem (“bastard, mule”).

inh+

[boɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[boɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[boɾˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[boʁˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[boɻˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(music) thick string that, on some musical instruments, produces low sounds

(music) double string stretched over the bottom skin of some drums

(music) bass tessitura recording of the organ pedalboard


charamela

Japanese: チャルメラ (charumera)

/ʃɐ.ɾɐˈmɛ.lɐ/

/ʃɐ.ɾɐˈmɛ.lɐ/

/t͡ʃɐ.ɾɐˈmɛ.lɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old French chalemel (French chalumeau), from Latin calamus (“reed”).


chorão

pt-noun

chorão m (plural chorões, feminine chorona, feminine plural choronas)

chorões (plural)
chorona (feminine)
choronas (feminine plural)

/t͡ʃuˈɾɐ̃w̃/

(music) a player of choro, a genre of Brazilian popular music


filarmónica

filarmónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(music) philharmonic (full-sized symphonic orchestra)


filarmónico

pt-adj

filarmónico (feminine filarmónica, masculine plural filarmónicos, feminine plural filarmónicas)

filarmónica (feminine)
filarmónicos (masculine plural)
filarmónicas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(music) philharmonic (appreciative of the performance of music)


vilancico

Borrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”), whence also Portuguese vilão.

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


anacruse

(music) anacrusis ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)


instrumento de sopro

pt-noun

instrumento de sopro m (plural instrumentos de sopro)


modinha

/mɔˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[mɔˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/mɔˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[mɔˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

É preconceito supor-se que todo homem que toca violão é um desclassificado. A modinha é a mais genuína expressão da poesia nacional e o violão é o instrumento que ela pede.

1915, Lima Barreto, “Primeira Parte, Capítulo I”, in Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresm:

(Brazil, music) modinha (a kind of sentimental song of Brazil)


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 Galician adufe.

inh+

(music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin


dedilhação

[dɨ.ði.ʎɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

(music) fingering (playing a musical instrument)


trompete

Borrowed from French trompette. Doublet of trombeta and trompeta.


dobrão

→ English: dobrão / dobrao

[doˈbɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(music) dobrão (a small piece of hard material (often a coin or pebble) pressed against the string of a berimbau in order to change its pitch and timbre)


díade

(music) dyad (any set of two different pitch classes)


diapasão

[d͡ʒɪ.a.paˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(music) tuning fork (fork-shaped object which emits a tone)

(music) a musical note, generally A (la), used as a reference to tune instruments and voices

(music) any voice's or instrument's timbre, pitch or volume; the extension that a voice or instrument can reach

(music) in a normal sound scale, the position occupied by a voice or instrument


caixa de guerra

pt-noun

caixa de guerra f (plural caixas de guerra)


castanhola

(music) castanet (a single handheld percussion instrument)


colcheia

[koʊ̯ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]

[koʊ̯ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]


contrabaixo

(music) double bass (the largest stringed instrument of the violin family)


contraponto

(music) counterpoint (a melody added to an existing one)


cuíca

(Brazil, music) cuica (Brazilian type of friction drum)


entonação

(music) intonation (act of sounding the tones of the musical scale)


allegro moderato

allegro moderato
allegro moderato#English

(music) allegro moderato (played a little slower than allegro)


flauta doce

Calque of Italian flauto dolce (literally “sweet flute”).

calque

(Brazil, music) recorder (flute-like musical instrument)


flautim

[flaʊ̯ˈt͡ʃĩ]


forma-sonata

(music) sonata form (a form of classical music)


gaiteiro

pt-noun

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

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

(music) bagpiper (one who plays the bagpipes)

(music, South Brazil) accordionist (one who plays the accordion)


rabeca

From Old French rebec, from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb). Doublet of arrabil and arrabel.

(music) fiddle (simple, traditional violin)

Charles Murray, Música: descubra as conexões através de perguntas e respostas, Callis Editora, page 17

The rebec that appeared around the 10th century was the first “violin” with a bow and a wooden or iron endpin that rested on the floor. The 3 strings were played with a bow. The first European “violin”, used in the Middle Ages, was small and pear-shaped - a variation of the rebab - an Arabic instrument.

A rabeca que apareceu por volta do séc. X foi o primeiro “violino” com arco e um espigão de madeira ou ferro que assentava no chão. As 3 cordas eram tocadas com um arco. O primeiro “violino” europeu, usado na Idade Média, era pequeno, em forma de pêra - uma variação do rebab - um instrumento árabe.

2010, Umberto Eco, Idade Média Bárbaros, cristãos e muçulmanos, Publicações Dom Quixote, page 846

In reality, the rebec is not a work of carpentry, but carved from a piece of wood; it is also played with a bow and has three strings.

Na realidade, a rabeca não é obra de carpintaria, mas escavada num bloco de madeira; é também tangida com arco e tem três cordas.

Tocava em uma rabeca fabricada por ele, que dava sons tão melodiosos e fortes como o melhor Stradivarius. Este instrumento, mui semelhante em forma às nossas rabecas, era cavado em uma só peça de pau, que formava a caixa e o braço, […]

2014, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Como eu Atravessei África - Primeira Parte: A Carabina d'El-Rei, Edições Vercial, page 97:

He was playing a rebec made by himself, whose sounds were as melodious and strong as those of the best Stradivarius. This instrument, very similar in shape to our own fiddles, was carved from a single piece of wood, which gave shape to the body and the neck, […]

(music, historical) rebec (an early pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed instrument)


banda cover

(music) cover band (band that only plays another band’s songs)


instrumento de corda

instrumento de corda m (plural instrumentos de corda)

(music) stringed instrument (musical instrument whose sounds are produced by strings)


entoar

pt-verb

entoar (first-person singular present entoo, first-person singular preterite entoei, past participle entoado)

entoo (first-person present singular)
entoei (first-person preterite singular)
entoado (participle past)
entoar (impersonal infinitive)
entoar (first-person infinitive singular)
entoares (infinitive second-person singular)
entoar (infinitive singular third-person)
entoarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
entoardes (infinitive plural second-person)
entoarem (infinitive plural third-person)
entoando (gerund)
entoado (masculine participle past singular)
entoados (masculine participle past plural)
entoada (feminine participle past singular)
entoadas (feminine participle past plural)
entoo (first-person indicative present singular)
entôo (first-person indicative present singular)
entoas (indicative present second-person singular)
entoa (indicative present singular third-person)
entoamos (first-person indicative plural present)
entoais (indicative plural present second-person)
entoam (indicative plural present third-person)
entoava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entoavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entoava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entoávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entoáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entoavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entoei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
entoaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entoou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
entoamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
entoámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
entoastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
entoaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
entoara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
entoaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
entoara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
entoáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
entoáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
entoaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
entoarei (first-person future indicative singular)
entoarás (future indicative second-person singular)
entoará (future indicative singular third-person)
entoaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
entoareis (future indicative plural second-person)
entoarão (future indicative plural third-person)
entoaria (conditional first-person singular)
entoarias (conditional second-person singular)
entoaria (conditional singular third-person)
entoaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
entoaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
entoariam (conditional plural third-person)
entoe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entoes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entoe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entoemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entoeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entoem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entoasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entoasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entoasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entoássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entoásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entoassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entoar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
entoares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
entoar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
entoarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
entoardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
entoarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
entoa (imperative second-person singular)
entoe (imperative singular third-person)
entoemos (first-person imperative plural)
entoai (imperative plural second-person)
entoem (imperative plural third-person)
não entoes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não entoe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não entoemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não entoeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não entoem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music, transitive) to sing (to produce musical with one’s voice)

(music, transitive) to place (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch)


minueto

(music) minuet (tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance)


mixar

mixar (first-person singular present mixo, first-person singular preterite mixei, past participle mixado)

mixo (first-person present singular)
mixei (first-person preterite singular)
mixado (participle past)
mixar (impersonal infinitive)
mixar (first-person infinitive singular)
mixares (infinitive second-person singular)
mixar (infinitive singular third-person)
mixarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
mixardes (infinitive plural second-person)
mixarem (infinitive plural third-person)
mixando (gerund)
mixado (masculine participle past singular)
mixados (masculine participle past plural)
mixada (feminine participle past singular)
mixadas (feminine participle past plural)
mixo (first-person indicative present singular)
mixas (indicative present second-person singular)
mixa (indicative present singular third-person)
mixamos (first-person indicative plural present)
mixais (indicative plural present second-person)
mixam (indicative plural present third-person)
mixava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mixavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mixava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mixávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mixáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mixavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mixei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
mixaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
mixou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
mixamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
mixámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
mixastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
mixaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
mixara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
mixaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
mixara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
mixáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
mixáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
mixaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
mixarei (first-person future indicative singular)
mixarás (future indicative second-person singular)
mixará (future indicative singular third-person)
mixaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
mixareis (future indicative plural second-person)
mixarão (future indicative plural third-person)
mixaria (conditional first-person singular)
mixarias (conditional second-person singular)
mixaria (conditional singular third-person)
mixaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
mixaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
mixariam (conditional plural third-person)
mixe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
mixes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
mixe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mixemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mixeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
mixem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mixasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mixasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mixasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mixássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mixásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mixassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mixar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
mixares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
mixar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
mixarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
mixardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
mixarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
mixa (imperative second-person singular)
mixe (imperative singular third-person)
mixemos (first-person imperative plural)
mixai (imperative plural second-person)
mixem (imperative plural third-person)
não mixes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não mixe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não mixemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não mixeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não mixem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music) to mix (to combine several tracks)


música de câmara

(music) chamber music (classical music played with few instruments)


cantochão

/kɐ̃.toˈʃɐ̃w̃/

[kɐ̃.toˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ̃.tuˈʃɐ̃w̃/

/kɐ̃.tuˈʃɐ̃w̃/

/kɐ̃.tuˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/

From canto (“chant”) + chão (“flat, plain”), from Ecclesiastical Latin cantus planus (“plainchant”).


alegreto

Borrowed from Italian allegretto. Piecewise doublet of alegrete.

(music) allegretto (played fast and lively)


alegreto

(music) allegretto (a movement that is to be played fast and lively)


palheta

any thin piece of material used for a specific purpose

(music) reed (vibrating part of the mouthpiece of some woodwind instruments)

(music) plectrum; pick (small piece of material for plucking the strings)


piano de cauda

pt-noun

piano de cauda m (plural pianos de cauda)

(music) grand piano (a piano in which the strings are strung horizontally)


prato suspenso

prato suspenso m (plural pratos suspensos)

(music) suspended cymbal (cymbal that is suspended horizontally)


prótese

Borrowed from Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek.

(music) anacrusis (unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat)


quarteto

quartet
(music) music composition in four parts

(music) four musicians who perform a piece of music together


quiáltera

(music) tuplet (note value with a non-standard duration)


remixagem

(music) remixing (the process of creating musical remixes)


contratempo

Borrowed from Italian contrattempo or contra- + tempo.

(music) syncopation (musical pulse supported by weak beats)


tocata

(music) toccata (musical piece designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer)


trítono

(music) tritone (an interval of three whole tones)


trombeta

→ Swahili: tarumbeta

Adapted borrowing from French trompette. By surface analysis, tromba + -eta. Doublet of trompete.


suíte

(music) suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata)


embocadura

(music) embouchure (shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument)


meio-tom

(music) semitone (interval between adjacent keys)


saltério

(music) psaltery (ancient musical instrument)


vibrafone

(music) vibraphone (percussion instrument with tuned metal bars and a motor-driven rotating vane)


uquelele

(music) ukulele (small Hawaiian four-stringed guitar)


sanfona

Inherited from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of sinfonia, a borrowing.

(music) hurdy-gurdy (medieval instrument with a wheel that vibrates its strings)

(music, Brazil) concertina (musical instrument with free reeds, with bellows and hexagonal box, equipped with two button keyboards)

(music, Brazil) accordion (instrument with free reeds that vibrate due to the action of a bellows)


quarteto de cordas

quarteto de cordas m (plural quartetos de cordas)

(music) string quartet (group of four string players)


semicolcheia

(music) semiquaver (a sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails)


sustenido

pt-adj

sustenido (feminine sustenida, masculine plural sustenidos, feminine plural sustenidas)

sustenida (feminine)
sustenidos (masculine plural)
sustenidas (feminine plural)

(music, of a note) sharp (played a semitone higher than usual)


sustenido

(music) sharp (sign for a sharp note on the staff)


terceto

(music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)


vilancete

Borrowed from Old Spanish villancete, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”), whence also Portuguese vilão.

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


pimba

(Portugal, music, derogatory) type of folk Portuguese music with simple romantic or vulgar lyrics


trilo

(music) trill (rapid alternation of notes)


semifusa

(music) hemidemisemiquaver (note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note)


versão cover

(Brazil, music) cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)


acompanhador

pt-noun

acompanhador m (plural acompanhadores, feminine acompanhadora, feminine plural acompanhadoras)

acompanhadores (plural)
acompanhadora (feminine)
acompanhadoras (feminine plural)

(music) accompanist (performer who takes the accompanying part)


acentuação

(music) accentuation (pitch or modulation of the voice)


acusmático

pt-adj

acusmático (feminine acusmática, masculine plural acusmáticos, feminine plural acusmáticas)

acusmática (feminine)
acusmáticos (masculine plural)
acusmáticas (feminine plural)

(music) acousmatic (referring to pre-recorded music that is presented in concert using loudspeakers)


música absoluta

(music) absolute music (music which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic and contrapuntal structure)


breque

(music) in samba, a sudden interruption of the music so that the singer can make a spoken interjection, usually with a humorous tone.


serpentão

[seɾ.pẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seχ.pẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seɻ.pẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/sɨɾ.pẽˈtɐ̃w̃/

(music) serpent (old bass wind instrument)


seção rítmica

pt-noun

seção rítmica f (plural seções rítmicas)

(music) rhythm section (musicians who provide the accompaniment)


adágio

(music) adagio (tempo mark indicating that music is to be played slowly)


afoxé

(music) afoxe (genre of Afro-Brazilian music)


darabuca

(music) darbouka; tombak (a type of goblet drum)


digressão

/d͡ʒi.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒi.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/di.ɡɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

[di.ɣɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃]

From Latin digressiōnem (“deviation, digression”).

uder

Em maio de 1977, Bryan Ferry começou uma digressão mundial com os Roxy Music. Não querendo ficar isolada na casa de Ferry em Londres, Jerry Hall voou para Nova Iorque e, algumas noites mais tarde, jantou sentada entre Warren Beatty ...

2013, Philip Norman, Mick Jagger, Leya, →ISBN:

(music, entertainment) tour (journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts)


digitação

(music) fingering (act of playing an instrument with one’s fingers)


dedilhado

(music) fingering (the position of the fingers when playing a given chord)


dedilhado

pt-adj

dedilhado (feminine dedilhada, masculine plural dedilhados, feminine plural dedilhadas)

dedilhada (feminine)
dedilhados (masculine plural)
dedilhadas (feminine plural)


samba-canção

pt-noun

samba-canção m (plural sambas-canções or samba-canções)

sambas-canções (plural)
samba-canções (plural)

/ˌsɐ̃.bɐ.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ˌsɐ̃.bɐ.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˌsɐ̃.bɐ.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ˌsɐ̃.bɐ.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌsɐ̃.ba.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˌsɐ̃.bɐ.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/


aulo

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós).


corneto

(music) cornett (a European trumpet-like instrument)


letrista

pt-noun

letrista m or f by sense (plural letristas)

Mas é óbvio que essa experiência contribuiu para o ótimo letrista que ele veio ser logo depois. O cantor, compositor e multiinstrumentista Ed Motta, parceiro recente, com quem Nelson escreveu músicas como Apaixonada, Risos na noite e ...

2004, Nelson Motta, Almir Chediak, Songbook Nelson Motta, Irmãos Vitale, →ISBN, page 9:

(music) lyricist (person who writes the lyrics of a song)


sincopação

(music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)


orquestra de câmara

orquestra de câmara f (plural orquestras de câmara)

(music) chamber orchestra (orchestra that plays chamber music)


amelódico

pt-adj

amelódico (feminine amelódica, masculine plural amelódicos, feminine plural amelódicas)

amelódica (feminine)
amelódicos (masculine plural)
amelódicas (feminine plural)


anarcopunk

(music) anarcho-punk (punk rock with an anarchist theme)


rock alternativo

(music) alternative rock (subgenre of rock music)


country alternativo

(music) alternative country (subgenre of country music influenced by other styles)


semba

Borrowed from Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”).

(music) semba (genre of traditional music and dance from Angola)


baixista

pt-noun

baixista m or f by sense (plural baixistas)

From baixo (“bass”) + -ista. Compare Spanish bajista.

(music) bassist (musician who plays a bass instrument)


anti-rock

(music) antirock (opposed to rock music)


anti-rock

(music) antirock (rock that deliberately goes against conventions)


antifonal

(music) antiphonal (characterised by antiphones or antiphony)


antifonicamente

(music) antiphonally (in an antiphonal manner)


antifónico

pt-adj

antifónico (feminine antifónica, masculine plural antifónicos, feminine plural antifónicas, not comparable)

antifónica (feminine)
antifónicos (masculine plural)
antifónicas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


sertanejo

pt-noun

sertanejo m (plural sertanejos, feminine sertaneja, feminine plural sertanejas)

sertanejos (plural)
sertaneja (feminine)
sertanejas (feminine plural)

From sertão (“rural, semi-arid area”) + -ejo.

(music) sertanejo (a genre of Brazilian folk music)


antimúsica

(music) antimusic (any form of music that defies convention)


capotraste

(music) capotasto (device placed across the strings)


canto tirolês

(music) yodelling (technique where the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto)


espineta

(music) spinet (short, compact harpsichord)


transpor

pt-verb

transpor (first-person singular present transponho, first-person singular preterite transpus, past participle transposto)

transponho (first-person present singular)
transpus (first-person preterite singular)
transposto (participle past)
transpor (impersonal infinitive)
transpor (first-person infinitive singular)
transpores (infinitive second-person singular)
transpor (infinitive singular third-person)
transpormos (first-person infinitive plural)
transpordes (infinitive plural second-person)
transporem (infinitive plural third-person)
transpondo (gerund)
transposto (masculine participle past singular)
transpostos (masculine participle past plural)
transposta (feminine participle past singular)
transpostas (feminine participle past plural)
transponho (first-person indicative present singular)
transpões (indicative present second-person singular)
transpõe (indicative present singular third-person)
transpomos (first-person indicative plural present)
transpondes (indicative plural present second-person)
transpõem (indicative plural present third-person)
transpunha (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
transpunhas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
transpunha (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
transpúnhamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
transpúnheis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
transpunham (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
transpus (first-person indicative preterite singular)
transpuseste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
transpôs (indicative preterite singular third-person)
transpusemos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
transpusestes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
transpuseram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
transpusera (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
transpuseras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
transpusera (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
transpuséramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
transpuséreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
transpuseram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
transporei (first-person future indicative singular)
transporás (future indicative second-person singular)
transporá (future indicative singular third-person)
transporemos (first-person future indicative plural)
transporeis (future indicative plural second-person)
transporão (future indicative plural third-person)
transporia (conditional first-person singular)
transporias (conditional second-person singular)
transporia (conditional singular third-person)
transporíamos (conditional first-person plural)
transporíeis (conditional plural second-person)
transporiam (conditional plural third-person)
transponha (first-person present singular subjunctive)
transponhas (present second-person singular subjunctive)
transponha (present singular subjunctive third-person)
transponhamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
transponhais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
transponham (plural present subjunctive third-person)
transpusesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
transpusesses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
transpusesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
transpuséssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
transpusésseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
transpusessem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
transpuser (first-person future singular subjunctive)
transpuseres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
transpuser (future singular subjunctive third-person)
transpusermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
transpuserdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
transpuserem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
transpõe (imperative second-person singular)
transponha (imperative singular third-person)
transponhamos (first-person imperative plural)
transponde (imperative plural second-person)
transponham (imperative plural third-person)
não transponhas (imperative negative second-person singular)
não transponha (imperative negative singular third-person)
não transponhamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não transponhais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não transponham (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music) transpose (to write or perform (a piece) in another key)


apogiatura

(music) appoggiatura (a type of musical ornament which creates a suspension)


nota ornamental

pt-noun

nota ornamental f (plural notas ornamentais)

(music) grace note (note that does not count as part of the total time value of the measure)


nota de ornamento

nota de ornamento f (plural notas de ornamento)


rock arte

(music) art rock (experimental, intellectual rock music)


rock de arena

(music) arena rock (rock music made to be played in large venues)


arpejador

(music) arpeggiator (effect that plays an arpeggio from an input chord)


arpejo

(music) arpeggio (notes of a chord played individually)


arrítmico

pt-adj

arrítmico (feminine arrítmica, masculine plural arrítmicos, feminine plural arrítmicas)

arrítmica (feminine)
arrítmicos (masculine plural)
arrítmicas (feminine plural)


arpejar

pt-verb

arpejar (first-person singular present arpejo, first-person singular preterite arpejei, past participle arpejado)

arpejo (first-person present singular)
arpejei (first-person preterite singular)
arpejado (participle past)
arpejar (impersonal infinitive)
arpejar (first-person infinitive singular)
arpejares (infinitive second-person singular)
arpejar (infinitive singular third-person)
arpejarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
arpejardes (infinitive plural second-person)
arpejarem (infinitive plural third-person)
arpejando (gerund)
arpejado (masculine participle past singular)
arpejados (masculine participle past plural)
arpejada (feminine participle past singular)
arpejadas (feminine participle past plural)
arpejo (first-person indicative present singular)
arpejas (indicative present second-person singular)
arpeja (indicative present singular third-person)
arpejamos (first-person indicative plural present)
arpejais (indicative plural present second-person)
arpejam (indicative plural present third-person)
arpejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
arpejavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
arpejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
arpejávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
arpejáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
arpejavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
arpejei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
arpejaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
arpejou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
arpejamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
arpejámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
arpejastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
arpejaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
arpejara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
arpejaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
arpejara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
arpejáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
arpejáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
arpejaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
arpejarei (first-person future indicative singular)
arpejarás (future indicative second-person singular)
arpejará (future indicative singular third-person)
arpejaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
arpejareis (future indicative plural second-person)
arpejarão (future indicative plural third-person)
arpejaria (conditional first-person singular)
arpejarias (conditional second-person singular)
arpejaria (conditional singular third-person)
arpejaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
arpejaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
arpejariam (conditional plural third-person)
arpeje (first-person present singular subjunctive)
arpejes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
arpeje (present singular subjunctive third-person)
arpejemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
arpejeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
arpejem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
arpejasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
arpejasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
arpejasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
arpejássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
arpejásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
arpejassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
arpejar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
arpejares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
arpejar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
arpejarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
arpejardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
arpejarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
arpeja (imperative second-person singular)
arpeje (imperative singular third-person)
arpejemos (first-person imperative plural)
arpejai (imperative plural second-person)
arpejem (imperative plural third-person)
não arpejes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não arpeje (imperative negative singular third-person)
não arpejemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não arpejeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não arpejem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(music, transitive) to arpeggiate (play (a chord) as an arpeggio)


arpejamento

(music) arpeggiation (the act of playing an arpeggio)


quizomba

Borrowed from Kimbundu kizomba (“party”).

bor+

(music) kizomba (genre of Angolan popular music derived from the traditional semba dance)


arquilaúde

(music) archlute (a large European string instrument)