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cantiga

English

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Etymology

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From Portuguese cantiga, from Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.

Noun

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cantiga (plural cantigas)

  1. A medieval monophonic song, sometimes religious, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric.
    • 2007 October 1, Allan Kozinn, “Juilliard’s New Semester Starts With New Music”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The most immediately engaging work here was Roberto Sierra’s “Güell Concert” (2006). Mr. Sierra uses a medieval Spanish cantiga as the work’s motto, but leaps quickly into modern rhythmic and harmonic complexities.

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga, either from cantar or from a Celtic substrate form *cantǐcā or *cantīcā.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cantiga f (plural cantigas)

  1. Alternative form of cántiga

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cantiga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cantiga f (plural cantigas)

  1. song (musical composition with lyrics)

Descendants

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  • Galician: cántiga, cántega, cantiga
  • Portuguese: cantiga

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: can‧ti‧ga

Noun

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cantiga f (plural cantigas)

  1. folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)
  2. cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song)
  3. (by extension) any song
  4. (figurative, colloquial) nonsense; story
    Synonyms: léria, mentira
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Spanish

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Noun

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cantiga f (plural cantigas)

  1. cantiga

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