sanfona
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of sinfonia, a borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: san‧fo‧na
Noun edit
sanfona f (plural sanfonas)
- (music) hurdy-gurdy (medieval instrument with a wheel that vibrates its strings)
- (music, Brazil) concertina (musical instrument with free reeds, with bellows and hexagonal box, equipped with two button keyboards)
- (music, Brazil) accordion (instrument with free reeds that vibrate due to the action of a bellows)
- (figurative) bellows (any flexible container)
- Synonym: fole
- (figurative) poorly played instrument
- (figurative) verbiage; repetition of arguments
- blacksmith tool
- Synonym: rabeca