refrão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish refrán, from French refrain, from Latin re- (“back, again”) + frangō (“break”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈfɾɐ̃w̃/ [heˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈfɾɐ̃w̃/ [χeˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈfɾɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: re‧frão

Noun

refrão m (plural refrãos or refrães)

(music) refrain (chorus burden of song)
proverb; maxim
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:provérbio

Related terms

refraneiro

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