modinha
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese modinha.
Noun edit
modinha (plural modinhas)
- A kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil. [from 18th c.]
- 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 159:
- The drifters were coming back to play the guitar, sing modinhas, invent sambas they would later sell to famous samba singers in the city.
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modinha f (plural modinhas)
- Diminutive of moda
- popular music
- Synonym: modilho
- (Brazil, music) modinha (a kind of sentimental song of Brazil)
- 1915, Lima Barreto, “Primeira Parte, Capítulo I”, in Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresm:
- É preconceito supor-se que todo homem que toca violão é um desclassificado. A modinha é a mais genuína expressão da poesia nacional e o violão é o instrumento que ela pede.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
modinha m or f by sense (plural modinhas)
- (Brazil, colloquial, often derogatory) a person who follows a trend during its period of popularity
Further reading edit
- modinha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt