mezzosoprano
See also: mezzo-soprano
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmezzosoprano f (plural mezzosoprani)
- (music) mezzo-soprano (singer)
Noun
editmezzosoprano m (plural mezzosoprani)
- (music) mezzo-soprano (vocal register)
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Italian mezzosoprano.
Noun
editmezzosoprano f (plural mezzosopranos)
Usage notes
editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
edit- “mezzosoprano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Italian/ano
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- Italian countable nouns
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