contrabajo

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly a calque of Italian contrabbasso. By surface analysis, contra- +‎ bajo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaˈbaxo/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈβ̞a.xo]
• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧ba‧jo

Noun

contrabajo m (plural contrabajos)

1. (music) double bass [mid-18th c.]

Derived terms

• contrabajista

Further reading

• “contrabajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “contrabajo”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN