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modinhas

modinhas is the plural of modinha.

Meaning of modinha

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

Questions about modinhas

What is modinhas the plural of?
Modinhas is the plural of modinha.

Words near modinhas in the dictionary

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

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