bandurria
English
Etymology
Noun
bandurria (plural bandurrias)
- A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
- 2009 February 21, Nate Chinen, “Pop Music’s Perpetual Old Man, Now 74, Is Back on the Road”, in New York Times[1]:
- (It should be noted that the flamenco-tinged flourishes by Javier Mas, on bandurria and laúd, were more palatable than the ardently cloying solos by Dino Soldo, on saxophones.)
- A bird, the black-faced ibis.
Translations
plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body
See also
References
- "Bandurria" in Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pandurium, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra). Cognate to Portuguese pandeiro.
Noun
bandurria f (plural bandurrias)
Descendants
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