tropicalista
tropicalista noun: a member of a Brazilian art movement, Tropicália or Tropicalismo, of the late 1960s, encompassing theatre, poetry, and especially a mixture of music influenced by bossa nova, rock and roll, and various folk musics.
Noun
tropicalista (plural tropicalistas)
- A member of a Brazilian art movement, Tropicália or Tropicalismo, of the late 1960s, encompassing theatre, poetry, and especially a mixture of music influenced by bossa nova, rock and roll, and various folk musics.
- As sons of the Portuguese, Caetano and Gil and all the rest of us tropicalistas absorbed this folk influence, transmuted it and then took it to the world.”2007 January 25, Larry Rohter, “Long-Lost Trove of Music Connects Brazil to Its Roots”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- tropicalist
Synonyms of tropicalista
Forms of tropicalista
| plural | tropicalistas |
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Origin of tropicalista
From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista (although apparently first attested later as noun). By surface analysis, tropical + -ista. Piecewise doublet of tropicalist.
Questions about tropicalista
- What does tropicalista mean?
- Tropicalista means a member of a Brazilian art movement, Tropicália or Tropicalismo, of the late 1960s, encompassing theatre, poetry, and especially a mixture of music influenced by bossa nova, rock and roll, and various folk musics.
- What part of speech is tropicalista?
- Tropicalista is a noun.
- What is the plural of tropicalista?
- The plural of tropicalista is tropicalistas.
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