modinha
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese modinha.
Noun
editmodinha (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.
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Noun
editmodinha 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
editNoun
editmodinha 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
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