MPB

English

Noun

MPB (uncountable)

1. Initialism of muscle protein breakdown.

   Coordinate term: MPS

2. (dermatology) Initialism of male pattern baldness.

Proper noun

MPB (uncountable)

1. (India) Initialism of Madhav Prasad Birla Group.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌemi.peˈbe/

Noun

MPB f (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, music) Initialism of Música Popular Brasileira (“Brazilian popular music”), a musical movement and style in Brazil.
   • 1998, Carlos Eduardo Brandão Calvani, Teologia e MPB, Edicoes Loyola, →ISBN, page 109:

     A MPB é atualmente uma das grandes fontes para a compreensão da cultura brasileira explorada pelos "brasilianistas", dentre os quais destacamos Charles Perrone.

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Further reading

• Música popular brasileira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• MPB on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt