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modinha

modinha noun: a kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil.

Noun

modinha (plural modinhas)

  1. A kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil.
    • The drifters were coming back to play the guitar, sing modinhas, invent sambas they would later sell to famous samba singers in the city.1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 159

Forms of modinha

pluralmodinhas

Origin of modinha

Borrowed from Portuguese modinha.

Questions about modinha

What does modinha mean?
Modinha means a kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil.
What part of speech is modinha?
Modinha is a noun.
What is the plural of modinha?
The plural of modinha is modinhas.

Words near modinha in the dictionary

  1. Modiglianiesque
  2. modii
  3. modillion
  4. modillioned
  5. modillions
  6. modinha
  7. modinhas
  8. modiolar
  9. modioli
  10. modiolid
  11. modiolids

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