mezzosoprano
See also: mezzo-soprano
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mezzosoprano f (plural mezzosoprani)
- (music) mezzo-soprano (singer)
Noun edit
mezzosoprano m (plural mezzosoprani)
- (music) mezzo-soprano (vocal register)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzosoprano.
Noun edit
mezzosoprano f (plural mezzosopranos)
Usage notes edit
According 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