falsete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian falsetto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fawˈse.t͡ʃi/ [faʊ̯ˈse.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fawˈse.t͡ʃi/ [faʊ̯ˈse.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fawˈse.te/ [faʊ̯ˈse.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /falˈse.tɨ/ [faɫˈse.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -et͡ʃi, -etɨ
• Hyphenation: fal‧se‧te

Noun

falsete m (plural falsetes)

1. (music) falsetto (technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices)
2. falsetto (individual who sings in this voice register)
3. squeaky and thin voice

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈsete/ [falˈse.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: fal‧se‧te

Noun

falsete m (plural falsetes)

1. (music) falsetto (vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice)

Further reading

• “falsete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014