sertanejo
English
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese sertanejo.
Noun
editsertanejo (plural sertanejos)
- In Brazil, someone from the countryside; a backlander.
- 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 239:
- Life in the open air had made him as tanned and weather-beaten as a sertanejo.
- (music) A type of Brazilian folk music.
- 2010, Felipe Trotta, Annoying Music in Everyday Life:
- I hate sertanejo music. This has something to do with when I was a teenager and my dad liked sertanejo while I wanted to be totally different.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom sertão (“rural, semi-arid area”) + -ejo.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ser‧ta‧ne‧jo
Adjective
editsertanejo (feminine sertaneja, masculine plural sertanejos, feminine plural sertanejas)
- from or relating to a rural, semi-arid area
- (loosely) rural (from or relating to any less-populated area)
Synonyms
edit- (rural): campesino, campestre, rural, interiorano
Noun
editsertanejo m (plural sertanejos, feminine sertaneja, feminine plural sertanejas)
- native or inhabitant of a rural, semi-arid area
- (loosely) rustic; countryman (someone from a less-populated area)
- (music) sertanejo (a genre of Brazilian folk music)
- a fan of sertanejo music
Synonyms
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editSpanish
editAdjective
editsertanejo (feminine sertaneja, masculine plural sertanejos, feminine plural sertanejas)
Noun
editsertanejo m (uncountable)
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