cavatina
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.
Noun edit
cavatina (plural cavatinas)
- (music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
- (music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.
Translations edit
An operatic song in slow tempo
See also edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cavatina
Declension edit
Inflection of cavatina (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | cavatina | cavatinat | ||
genitive | cavatinan | cavatinoiden cavatinoitten cavatinojen | ||
partitive | cavatinaa | cavatinoita cavatinoja | ||
illative | cavatinaan | cavatinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | cavatina | cavatinat | ||
accusative | nom. | cavatina | cavatinat | |
gen. | cavatinan | |||
genitive | cavatinan | cavatinoiden cavatinoitten cavatinojen cavatinainrare | ||
partitive | cavatinaa | cavatinoita cavatinoja | ||
inessive | cavatinassa | cavatinoissa | ||
elative | cavatinasta | cavatinoista | ||
illative | cavatinaan | cavatinoihin | ||
adessive | cavatinalla | cavatinoilla | ||
ablative | cavatinalta | cavatinoilta | ||
allative | cavatinalle | cavatinoille | ||
essive | cavatinana | cavatinoina | ||
translative | cavatinaksi | cavatinoiksi | ||
abessive | cavatinatta | cavatinoitta | ||
instructive | — | cavatinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
cavatina f (plural cavatinas)
Further reading edit
- “cavatina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014