arse

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


canto

From Old Galician-Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus (“song; singing”), perfect passive participle of canō (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Cognate of English chant.


haiku

(poetry) haiku (type of poem used in Japanese poetry)


slam

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from slam poetry.


enjambement

/ɐ̃.ʒɐ̃.beˈmɐ̃/

/ɐ̃.ʒɐ̃.bɨˈmɐ̃/

Unadapted borrowing from French enjambement.

ubor

(poetry) enjambment (technique whereby a sentence is carried over to the next verse without pause)


escandir

pt-verb

escandir (first-person singular present escando, first-person singular preterite escandi, past participle escandido)

escando (first-person present singular)
escandi (first-person preterite singular)
escandido (participle past)
escandir (impersonal infinitive)
escandir (first-person infinitive singular)
escandires (infinitive second-person singular)
escandir (infinitive singular third-person)
escandirmos (first-person infinitive plural)
escandirdes (infinitive plural second-person)
escandirem (infinitive plural third-person)
escandindo (gerund)
escandido (masculine participle past singular)
escandidos (masculine participle past plural)
escandida (feminine participle past singular)
escandidas (feminine participle past plural)
escando (first-person indicative present singular)
escandes (indicative present second-person singular)
escande (indicative present singular third-person)
escandimos (first-person indicative plural present)
escandis (indicative plural present second-person)
escandem (indicative plural present third-person)
escandia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
escandias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
escandia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
escandíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
escandíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
escandiam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
escandi (first-person indicative preterite singular)
escandiste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
escandiu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
escandimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
escandistes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
escandiram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
escandira (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
escandiras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
escandira (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
escandíramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
escandíreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
escandiram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
escandirei (first-person future indicative singular)
escandirás (future indicative second-person singular)
escandirá (future indicative singular third-person)
escandiremos (first-person future indicative plural)
escandireis (future indicative plural second-person)
escandirão (future indicative plural third-person)
escandiria (conditional first-person singular)
escandirias (conditional second-person singular)
escandiria (conditional singular third-person)
escandiríamos (conditional first-person plural)
escandiríeis (conditional plural second-person)
escandiriam (conditional plural third-person)
escanda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
escandas (present second-person singular subjunctive)
escanda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
escandamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
escandais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
escandam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
escandisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
escandisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
escandisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
escandíssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
escandísseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
escandissem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
escandir (first-person future singular subjunctive)
escandires (future second-person singular subjunctive)
escandir (future singular subjunctive third-person)
escandirmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
escandirdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
escandirem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
escande (imperative second-person singular)
escanda (imperative singular third-person)
escandamos (first-person imperative plural)
escandi (imperative plural second-person)
escandam (imperative plural third-person)
não escandas (imperative negative second-person singular)
não escanda (imperative negative singular third-person)
não escandamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não escandais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não escandam (imperative negative plural third-person)


vicentino

pt-adj

vicentino (feminine vicentina, masculine plural vicentinos, feminine plural vicentinas)

vicentina (feminine)
vicentinos (masculine plural)
vicentinas (feminine plural)

(theater, poetry, relational) of the Portuguese poet and playwright Gil Vicente


tensão

Borrowed from Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão.

der

(Provençal poetry) tenson (debate between two interlocutors)


aristofanesco

pt-adj

aristofanesco (feminine aristofanesca, masculine plural aristofanescos, feminine plural aristofanescas)

aristofanesca (feminine)
aristofanescos (masculine plural)
aristofanescas (feminine plural)

(dramaturgy, poetry) Aristophanean (characteristic of Aristophanes’ plays and poetry)


métrica

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


iambo

Learned borrowing from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

(poetry) iamb (metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one)


jónico

jónicos (plural)
jônico (alternative Brazil)
iônico (alternative Brazil)
iónico (alternative Portugal)

(poetry) Ionic (a four-syllable metrical unit that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry)


ariostesco

ariostesco (feminine ariostesca, masculine plural ariostescos, feminine plural ariostescas)

ariostesca (feminine)
ariostescos (masculine plural)
ariostescas (feminine plural)

(poetry) Ariostan (characteristic of Ludovico Ariosto)


anfíbraco

anfíbraco (feminine anfíbraca, masculine plural anfíbracos, feminine plural anfíbracas)

anfíbraca (feminine)
anfíbracos (masculine plural)
anfíbracas (feminine plural)

(poetry) amphibrachic (consisting of amphibrachs)


anfíbraco

(poetry, prosody) amphibrach (metrical foot of three syllables)


epopeia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐποποιία (epopoiía). Compare Spanish epopeya, French épopée.


antibaquio

Learned borrowing from Latin antibacchius, from Ancient Greek ἀντιβάκχειος (antibákkheios).

der

ἀντιβάκχειος

(poetry) antibacchius (metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable)


vilancico

vilancicos (plural)
vilhancico (alternative)

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)


prosódia

(poetry) prosody (study of poetic meter)


pentâmetro iâmbico

pt-noun

pentâmetro iâmbico m (plural pentâmetros iâmbicos)


sigmatismo

(literature, poetry) excessive repetition of sibilants


tetrâmetro

(poetry) tetrameter (verse with four metrical feet)


vilancete

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


acatalético

pt-adj

acatalético (feminine acatalética, masculine plural acataléticos, feminine plural acataléticas)

acatalética (feminine)
acataléticos (masculine plural)
acataléticas (feminine plural)
acataléctico (alternative)

(poetry, prosody) acatalectic (having the required number of syllables in the last foot)


antispasto

(poetry) antispast (a metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee)


alcmânico

alcmânico (feminine alcmânica, masculine plural alcmânicos, feminine plural alcmânicas)

alcmânica (feminine)
alcmânicos (masculine plural)
alcmânicas (feminine plural)

(poetry) Alcmanian (relating to the Ancient Greek poet Alcman)


amebeu

(poetry) amoebaeum (poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately)


amebeu

amebeu (feminine amebeia, masculine plural amebeus, feminine plural amebeias)

amebeia (feminine)
amebeus (masculine plural)
amebeias (feminine plural)

(poetry) amoebean (featuring alternating responses)


anacreôntico

anacreôntico (feminine anacreôntica, masculine plural anacreônticos, feminine plural anacreônticas)

anacreôntica (feminine)
anacreônticos (masculine plural)
anacreônticas (feminine plural)

(poetry) anacreontic (pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon)


anfibráquico

anfibráquico (feminine anfibráquica, masculine plural anfibráquicos, feminine plural anfibráquicas)

anfibráquica (feminine)
anfibráquicos (masculine plural)
anfibráquicas (feminine plural)


anisossilabismo

(linguistics, poetry) anisosyllabism (the use of anisosyllabic verse)


anisossilábico

anisossilábico (feminine anisossilábica, masculine plural anisossilábicos, feminine plural anisossilábicas)

anisossilábica (feminine)
anisossilábicos (masculine plural)
anisossilábicas (feminine plural)

(linguistics, poetry) anisosyllabic (of meters with syllables of differing length)


antipoema

(poetry) antipoem (a work of antipoetry)


antipoesia

(poetry) antipoetry (poetry that breaks away from normal conventions)


antipoeta

(poetry) antipoet (a writer of antipoetry)


antistrófico

antistrófico (feminine antistrófica, masculine plural antistróficos, feminine plural antistróficas)

antistrófica (feminine)
antistróficos (masculine plural)
antistróficas (feminine plural)

(poetry) antistrophic (of or relating to an antistrophe)


aristofânico

aristofânico (feminine aristofânica, masculine plural aristofânicos, feminine plural aristofânicas)

aristofânica (feminine)
aristofânicos (masculine plural)
aristofânicas (feminine plural)

(dramaturgy, poetry) Aristophanean (characteristic of Aristophanes’ plays and poetry)


arquilóquio

arquilóquio (feminine arquilóquia, masculine plural arquilóquios, feminine plural arquilóquias)

arquilóquia (feminine)
arquilóquios (masculine plural)
arquilóquias (feminine plural)

(poetry) Archilochian (pertaining to the Ancient Greek satirical poet Archilochus and his style)


arquiloquiano

arquiloquiano (feminine arquiloquiana, masculine plural arquiloquianos, feminine plural arquiloquianas)

arquiloquiana (feminine)
arquiloquianos (masculine plural)
arquiloquianas (feminine plural)


ársico

ársico (feminine ársica, masculine plural ársicos, feminine plural ársicas)

ársica (feminine)
ársicos (masculine plural)
ársicas (feminine plural)

(poetry) arsic (characterised by elevation of the voice)


monómetro

monómetros (plural)
monômetro (alternative Brazil)


consonância

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsonantia.

lbor

consonance, harmony, agreement
(poetry) rhyme


cavalgamento

cavalgamentos (plural)
encavalgamento (alternative)

From cavalgar + -mento. Compare Spanish encabalgamiento.

(poetry) enjambment (technique whereby a sentence is carried over to the next verse without pause)


ectlipse

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis).

(grammar, phonology, poetry) ecthlipsis (denasalization of a final vowel of a word when followed by another word that begins with a vowel, often causing ellipsis or synalepha)