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)


tuba

(music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument)


cowbell

Unadapted borrowing from English cowbell.

(music) cowbell (a percussion instrument)


coral

corais (plural)
choral (alternative obsolete)

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)


salsa

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


MC

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


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)


cover

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


piano

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


piano

→ Hunsrik: Piano


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

madeiras (plural)
madeyra (alternative obsolete)

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

inh+

(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)


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)


largo

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


maior

maiores (plural)
mayor (alternative obsolete)

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


soul

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


presto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese presto, from Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praestō. Compare Catalan prest, French prêt, Italian presto. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.


semibreve

[sɨ.miˈβɾɛ.βɨ]

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


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)


tema

temas (plural)
thema (alternative obsolete)

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

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


staccato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian staccato.

ubor

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


crescendo

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


pianissimo

From Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


pianissimo

pianissimos (plural)
pianíssimo (alternative)


ocarina

(music) ocarina (an oval wind instrument)


tenor

Borrowed from Italian tenore. Doublet of teor.


tenor

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


soprano

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

(music) soprano (the highest vocal range)


contralto

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

(music) contralto (singer with this voice)


clave

Learned borrowing from Latin clāvem. Doublet of chave.


arse

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


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)


longa

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


caixa

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


mona

From Venetan mona (“pussy, cunt”).
Possibly borrowed from Spanish mona.

(bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts


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)


agitato

Borrowed from Italian agitato. Doublet of agitado.

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


jazz

[ˈd͡ʒɛ(ɪ̯)s]

[ˈd͡ʒɛ(ɪ̯)s]

[ˈd͡ʒɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

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!

(music) jazz (musical genre that emerged in the early 20th century in the United States of America, resulting from the fusion of elements from different musical traditions)


merda

merda! (canonical)
m*rda (alternative)
mrd (alternative abbreviation)

From Old Galician-Portuguese merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

"O guardião" girou a maçaneta e entrou, com os braços dobrados para trás, mas fitando-a firmemente: / — Vim te desejar muita merda!

2011, Stella Maris Rezende, A mocinha do Mercado Central, São Paulo: Globo, →ISBN, page unnumbeded:

Boa leitura e merda!

2023, Tuna Serzedello, O teatro que muda o mundo: experiências com teatro jovem, São Paulo: Peirópolis, unnumbered page:

(theater, slang) break a leg! (a superstitious expression of encouragement prior to a performance)


grave

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


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)


girafa

→ Hunsrik: Schiraff

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffabor.
Portuguese girafa
Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

etymon

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


adagietto

adagiettos (plural)
adagieto (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

ubor

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


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


cena

(theater, film, television, radio) scene (part of a dramatic work)

em cena


atonal

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


capote

From French capot (“bonnet”), first attested in the 17th century.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Capote”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume II, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 63

Entram guizos, chocas e capotes / E mantilhas pretas

Enter rattles, cowbells, and cloaks / And black mantillas

(bullfighting) cape worn by bullfighters


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 musical genre of African American origin)


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.

ubor

rock 'n' roll (alternative)
rock 'n roll (alternative)


viola

desctree

→ Malay: biola
> Indonesian: biola (inherited)
→ Tausug: biyula

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


solo

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

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


trance

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


sitar

pt-noun

sitar m or (nonstandard) f (plural sitares)

(music) sitar (Indian string instrument)


folk

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


melisma

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


maraca

Borrowed from Old Tupi maraká or Guaraní mbaraká (“rattle”).


bossa nova

[ˈbɔ.sɐ ˈnɔ.βɐ]

(music) bossa nova (Brazilian musical movement)


trombone

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


flauta

flautas (plural)
frauta (alternative obsolete)


pancake

Unadapted borrowing from English pancake.


tremolo

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


bravura

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


gradual

[ɡɾa.dʊˈaʊ̯]

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin graduālis.

lbor

(Christianity, music) gradual (plainchant book)


cluster

Unadapted borrowing from English cluster.

ubor

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


ambient

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


playback

playbacks (plural)
play-back (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from English playback.

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


prima

→ Hunsrik: Prim

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prima, from Latin prīma, feminine of prīmus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.


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)


script

Unadapted borrowing from English script. Doublet of escrito.

(acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)


papel

→ Old Tupi: papera
Nheengatu: papera

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese papel, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of pavio and papiro.

etymon

Apesar de desempenhar vários papéis memoráveis, jamais recebeu um prêmio.

Despite having played many memorable roles, he/she never won an award.


quinteto

quintet
(music) music composition in five parts

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


reggae

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

(music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)


rota

(music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)


prato

→ Annobonese: paatu

→ Bengali: পরাত (porat)

desctree

→ Old Tupi: pratu
Nheengatu: paratú, paratu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prato, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. 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)


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)


passe

(bullfighting) pass (the act of tricking the bull into running through the cape)


ensemble

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

(music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)


figurar

pt-verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurei, past participle figurado)

figuro (first-person present singular)
figurei (first-person preterite singular)
figurado (participle past)
figurar (impersonal infinitive)
figurar (first-person infinitive singular)
figurares (infinitive second-person singular)
figurar (infinitive singular third-person)
figurarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
figurardes (infinitive plural second-person)
figurarem (infinitive plural third-person)
figurando (gerund)
figurado (masculine participle past singular)
figurados (masculine participle past plural)
figurada (feminine participle past singular)
figuradas (feminine participle past plural)
figuro (first-person indicative present singular)
figuras (indicative present second-person singular)
figura (indicative present singular third-person)
figuramos (first-person indicative plural present)
figurais (indicative plural present second-person)
figuram (indicative plural present third-person)
figurava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
figuravas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
figurava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
figurávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
figuráveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
figuravam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
figurei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
figuraste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
figurou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
figuramos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
figurámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
figurastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
figuraram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
figurara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
figuraras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
figurara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
figuráramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
figuráreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
figuraram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
figurarei (first-person future indicative singular)
figurarás (future indicative second-person singular)
figurará (future indicative singular third-person)
figuraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
figurareis (future indicative plural second-person)
figurarão (future indicative plural third-person)
figuraria (conditional first-person singular)
figurarias (conditional second-person singular)
figuraria (conditional singular third-person)
figuraríamos (conditional first-person plural)
figuraríeis (conditional plural second-person)
figurariam (conditional plural third-person)
figure (first-person present singular subjunctive)
figures (present second-person singular subjunctive)
figure (present singular subjunctive third-person)
figuremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
figureis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
figurem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
figurasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
figurasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
figurasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
figurássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
figurásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
figurassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
figurar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
figurares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
figurar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
figurarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
figurardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
figurarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
figura (imperative second-person singular)
figure (imperative singular third-person)
figuremos (first-person imperative plural)
figurai (imperative plural second-person)
figurem (imperative plural third-person)
não figures (imperative negative second-person singular)
não figure (imperative negative singular third-person)
não figuremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não figureis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não figurem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

bor+

(intransitive, theater, film) to star, to act (work as an actor) [with em ‘in’]


parada

From the feminine past participle of parar.

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


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)


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)


conjunto

conjuntos (plural)
conjuncto (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin coniūnctus (“adjoining, connected”).


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)


chanson

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

ubor

(music) chanson (traditional French song)


chave

Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcabi

Macanese: chávi

→ Bengali: চাবি (cabi) (see there for further descendants)

→ Gujarati: ચાવી (cāvī)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: चाभी (cābhī), चाबी (cābī)

desctree

Urdu: چابی (cābī), چابھی (cābhī)
→ Marwari: चाबी (cābī)
→ Nepali: चाबी (cābī)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਚਾਬੀ (cābī)
Shahmukhi script: چابی (cābī)

→ Kannada: ಚಾವಿ (cāvi)

→ Konkani: चावी (cāvī)

→ Língua Geral Amazônica: xabi
Nheengatu: xawí

→ Malayalam: ചാവി (cāvi), ചാബി (cābi)

→ Marathi: चावी (cāvī)

→ Tamil: சாவி (cāvi)

→ Telugu: శావి (śāvi), చెవి (cevi)

→ Tulu: ಚಾವಿ (cāvi)

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From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate). Doublet of clave, a learned borrowing.
Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie.

der

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


compositor

pt-noun

compositor m (plural compositores, feminine compositora, feminine plural compositoras)

compositores (plural)
compositora (feminine)
compositoras (feminine plural)


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

letras (plural)
lêtra (alternative)
lettra (alternative)

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


pega

(bullfighting) the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight, involving eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands


capa

→ Japanese: 合羽

→ Kadiwéu: caapa

→ Tetum: kapa

From Old Galician-Portuguese capa, from Late Latin cappa.

(bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)


ponto

pontos (plural)
poncto (alternative obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”). Cognate with Spanish punto. Doublet of point.

(theater) an assistant who helps actors with forgotten lines


J-pop

[ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

[ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

[ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

/ˌd͡ʒɐjˈpɔp/

/ˌd͡ʒɐjˈpɔp/


pot-pourri

pot-pourris (plural)
potpourri (alternative)

(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)


aparte

(theater) aside (comment by a character unheard by other characters)


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)


regente

pt-noun

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

→ Hunsrik: Rëschent

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

[χeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]

Learned borrowing from Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns. By surface analysis, reger + -ente.

(music) conductor (a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)


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 semantic loan from Japanese 三角絞め (sankaku jime, “triangle choke”).

semantic loan

(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”).

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(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)


esquerda

Guinea-Bissau Creole: skerda

Kabuverdianu: skérda

Borrowed from Basque ezkerra, absolutive singular form of ezker (“left”). Cognate with Catalan esquerra and Spanish izquierda. Displaced sestra.

(theater) the left side of the stage from the audience’s perspective


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)


comparsa

pt-noun

comparsa m or f by sense (plural comparsas)

(drama) extra, walk-on, spear-carrier, supernumerary


ribalta

Borrowed from Italian ribalta (“forestage”).


tímpano

tímpanos (plural)
tympano (alternative obsolete)

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. Cognate with Galician folía.


dó

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


punga

Unknown. Perhaps from an African language.


guitarra

→ Konkani: गितार (gitār)

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


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)


figurino

(chiefly acting) costume; outfit (set of clothing)


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.


caco

From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”), see also Galician cacho (“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Spanish cacho.


farsa

Borrowed from Old French farse, French farce.


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.

der

(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”)


bateria

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


xilofone

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


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)


tambor

tambores (plural)
atambor (alternative obsolete)
atambôr (alternative obsolete)
tambôr (alternative obsolete)

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)


clarinete

(music) clarinet (woodwind musical instrument)


didjeridu

(music) didgeridoo (Australian Aboriginal 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

estandartes (plural)
estendarte (alternative obsolete)

From Old French estandart. Cognate with English standard. Doublet of estândar, via English.

(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)


peça

From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza, Old Irish cuit.


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)


trágico

trágico (feminine trágica, masculine plural trágicos, feminine plural trágicas)

trágica (feminine)
trágicos (masculine plural)
trágicas (feminine plural)

From Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós).


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)


ária

(music) aria (musical piece for a single voice, endowed with its own unity despite belonging to a larger composition)

(music) aria (piece composed for one voice with accompaniment by one or more instruments or an orchestra)

(music) aria (orchestral movement or instrumental piece of cantabile expression)


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

acordeões (plural)
acordeom (alternative)

/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

órgãos (plural)
orgo (alternative dialectal)

→ 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)
sôrdo (alternative)
xôrdo (alternative)

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

(bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter


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)


cavaquinho

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

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


ciranda

From Spanish zaranda (“sieve”), from Andalusian Arabic سرند (sarand), from Persian سرند (sarand, “sieve”).

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


cavalete

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

(music) bridge (support for a string instrument)


chocalho

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


baterista

baterista m or f by sense (plural bateristas)

(music) drummer (one who plays the drums)


mínima

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


milonga

Perhaps of African origin and from Kimbundu milonga (“issue, argument”).


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


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

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.

(acting) an actor's theatrical performance of a character

(music) a performance of music written by somebody else


matraca

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


camarote

French aircraft carrier Clemenceau (R98)

(theater) box, loge, balcony (a compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre or other building)


roseta

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?
Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?
Latin rosalbor.
Old French rose
Latin -ittus
Old French -ete
Old French rosetebor.?
Old Galician-Portuguese roseta
Portuguese roseta
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roseta, possibly borrowed from Old French rosete, from rose + -ete. By surface analysis, rosa + -eta.

etymon

(music) sound hole (opening in a stringed musical instrument)


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’]


balada

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre. Doublet of balata.

(music) ballad (old song with simple structure and narrative content, in popular style)

(music) ballad (sentimental song, slow paced)


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)


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)


tónico

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

tónica (feminine)
tónicos (masculine plural)
tónicas (feminine plural)
tônico (alternative Brazil)

(music, phonetics) tonic (relating to tones)

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


tónica

tónicas (plural)
tônica (alternative Brazil)


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)


frevo

From a metathesized form of fervo, a deverbal from ferver (“to boil”).

(dance, music) frevo (style originated in Pernambuco, Brazil, characterized by a fast tempo and quasi-acrobatic movements, typically with small and colorful umbrellas and associated with carnival)


rapsodista

rapsodista m or f by sense (plural rapsodistas)

(music) rhapsodist (composer of rhapsodies)


mise-en-scène

mises-en-scène (plural)
mise en scène (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from French mise en scène.

ubor

(theater, film) mise en scène (the arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film)


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)


sexteto

sextet
(music) music composition in six parts

(music) six 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


octeto

(music) music composition in eight parts

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


noneto

nonet
(music) music composition in nine parts

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


metrónomo

metrónomos (plural)
metrônomo (alternative Brazil)

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

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


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

→ Tetum: 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.


desempenhar

pt-verb

desempenhar (first-person singular present desempenho, first-person singular preterite desempenhei, past participle desempenhado)

desempenho (first-person present singular)
desempenhei (first-person preterite singular)
desempenhado (participle past)
desempenhar (impersonal infinitive)
desempenhar (first-person infinitive singular)
desempenhares (infinitive second-person singular)
desempenhar (infinitive singular third-person)
desempenharmos (first-person infinitive plural)
desempenhardes (infinitive plural second-person)
desempenharem (infinitive plural third-person)
desempenhando (gerund)
desempenhado (masculine participle past singular)
desempenhados (masculine participle past plural)
desempenhada (feminine participle past singular)
desempenhadas (feminine participle past plural)
desempenho (first-person indicative present singular)
desempenhas (indicative present second-person singular)
desempenha (indicative present singular third-person)
desempenhamos (first-person indicative plural present)
desempenhais (indicative plural present second-person)
desempenham (indicative plural present third-person)
desempenhava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desempenhavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desempenhava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desempenhávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desempenháveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desempenhavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desempenhei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
desempenhaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
desempenhou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
desempenhamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
desempenhámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
desempenhastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
desempenharam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
desempenhara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
desempenharas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
desempenhara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
desempenháramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
desempenháreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
desempenharam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
desempenharei (first-person future indicative singular)
desempenharás (future indicative second-person singular)
desempenhará (future indicative singular third-person)
desempenharemos (first-person future indicative plural)
desempenhareis (future indicative plural second-person)
desempenharão (future indicative plural third-person)
desempenharia (conditional first-person singular)
desempenharias (conditional second-person singular)
desempenharia (conditional singular third-person)
desempenharíamos (conditional first-person plural)
desempenharíeis (conditional plural second-person)
desempenhariam (conditional plural third-person)
desempenhe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
desempenhes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
desempenhe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
desempenhemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desempenheis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desempenhem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desempenhasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desempenhasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desempenhasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desempenhássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desempenhásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desempenhassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desempenhar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
desempenhares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
desempenhar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
desempenharmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
desempenhardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
desempenharem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
desempenha (imperative second-person singular)
desempenhe (imperative singular third-person)
desempenhemos (first-person imperative plural)
desempenhai (imperative plural second-person)
desempenhem (imperative plural third-person)
não desempenhes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não desempenhe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não desempenhemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não desempenheis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não desempenhem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From des- + empenhar (“to commit, pledge”).

A sorte desempenha um importante papel na vida.

Luck plays an important part in your life.

(film, theater) to play (a role or part)


desempenho

Deverbal from desempenhar (“to perform”).


atuação

atuações (plural)
actuação (alternative)


aleluia

aleluias (plural)
alleluia (alternative obsolete)

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

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


bastidor

(theater, in the plural) wings (unseen areas on the side of the stage)


transcrição

[tɾɐ̃s.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃s.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin transcriptiōnem.

lbor

(music) transcription (adaptation for a musical instrument of a passage written for another instrument)


noturno

noturnos (plural)
nocturno (alternative)
noiturno (alternative)
nouturno (alternative)

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)
harmônica (alternative Brazil)


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

pt-adj-sup

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

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


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)


traste

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


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


filarmónico

pt-adj

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

filarmónica (feminine)
filarmónicos (masculine plural)
filarmónicas (feminine plural)
filarmônico (alternative Brazil)

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


filarmónica

filarmónicas (plural)
filarmônica (alternative Brazil)

(music) philharmonic (full-sized symphonic orchestra)


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)


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)


bandarilha

/bɐ̃.dɐˈɾi.ʎɐ/

(bullfighting) banderilla (stick with a sharp end used in bullfighting)


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


trompete

Borrowed from French trompette. Doublet of trombeta and trompeta.


dedilhamento

(music) fingering (playing a musical instrument)


dedilhação

[dɨ.ði.ʎɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


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


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)


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

cuícas (plural)
guaiquica (alternative)
quaiquica (alternative)

→ English: cuica

Clipping of quaiquica, from Old Tupi gûaîkuíka.

(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)


flautim

[flaʊ̯ˈt͡ʃĩ]


flauta doce

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

calque

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


forcado

Fernando Tordo (1973) “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “Entram vacas depois dos forcados / Que não pegam nada

Enter cows after the forcados / That don't grab anything”

(bullfighting) man that in Portuguese bullfighting faces the bull hand-to-hand


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)


toureiro

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

toureiros (plural)
toureira (feminine)
toureiras (feminine plural)
toireiro (alternative)


tourear

pt-verb

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

toureio (first-person present singular)
toureei (first-person preterite singular)
toureado (participle past)
tourear (impersonal infinitive)
tourear (first-person infinitive singular)
toureares (infinitive second-person singular)
tourear (infinitive singular third-person)
tourearmos (first-person infinitive plural)
toureardes (infinitive plural second-person)
tourearem (infinitive plural third-person)
toureando (gerund)
toureado (masculine participle past singular)
toureados (masculine participle past plural)
toureada (feminine participle past singular)
toureadas (feminine participle past plural)
toureio (first-person indicative present singular)
toureias (indicative present second-person singular)
toureia (indicative present singular third-person)
toureamos (first-person indicative plural present)
toureais (indicative plural present second-person)
toureiam (indicative plural present third-person)
toureava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
toureavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
toureava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
toureávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
toureáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
toureavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
toureei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
toureaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
toureou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
toureamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
toureámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
toureastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tourearam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
toureara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tourearas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
toureara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
toureáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
toureáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tourearam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
tourearei (first-person future indicative singular)
tourearás (future indicative second-person singular)
toureará (future indicative singular third-person)
tourearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
toureareis (future indicative plural second-person)
tourearão (future indicative plural third-person)
tourearia (conditional first-person singular)
tourearias (conditional second-person singular)
tourearia (conditional singular third-person)
tourearíamos (conditional first-person plural)
tourearíeis (conditional plural second-person)
toureariam (conditional plural third-person)
toureie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
toureies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
toureie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
toureemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
toureeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
toureiem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
toureasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
toureasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
toureasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
toureássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
toureásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
toureassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tourear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
toureares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tourear (future singular subjunctive third-person)
tourearmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
toureardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tourearem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
toureia (imperative second-person singular)
toureie (imperative singular third-person)
toureemos (first-person imperative plural)
toureai (imperative plural second-person)
toureiem (imperative plural third-person)
não toureies (imperative negative second-person singular)
não toureie (imperative negative singular third-person)
não toureemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não toureeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não toureiem (imperative negative plural third-person)
toirear (alternative)

(bullfighting) to fight or control a bull (on the arena)


banda cover

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