cantiga

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese cantiga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.

Noun

cantiga (plural cantigas)

  1. A medieval monophonic song, sometimes religious, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric.
    • 2007 October 1, Allan Kozinn, “Juilliard’s New Semester Starts With New Music”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The most immediately engaging work here was Roberto Sierra’s “Güell Concert” (2006). Mr. Sierra uses a medieval Spanish cantiga as the work’s motto, but leaps quickly into modern rhythmic and harmonic complexities.

Anagrams

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

cantiga f (plural cantigas)

  1. song (musical composition with lyrics)

Descendants

  • Galician: cantiga
  • Portuguese: cantiga

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.

Pronunciation

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  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kɐ̃.ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: can‧ti‧ga

Noun

cantiga f (plural s)

  1. folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)
  2. cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song)
  3. (by extension) any song
  4. (figurative, colloquial) nonsense; story

Synonyms

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