What does refrão in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word refrão in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use refrão in Portuguese.
The word refrão in Portuguese means refrain, refrão, refrão, refrão, refrão, refrão, tocar um refrão. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word refrão
refrainsubstantivo masculino (grupo de versos repetidos) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
refrãonoun (music: short repeated phrase) (música) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) The riff of the song was catchy and all the teenagers could sing it. |
refrãonoun (song: refrain) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) Ao final da canção repita o refrão uma vez. At the end of the song repeat the chorus once. |
refrãonoun (figurative, informal ([sth] improvised) (figurativo) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) The guitarist performed a solo riff. |
refrãonoun (chorus of song) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) Judith estava murmurando um refrão familiar. Judith was humming a familiar sounding refrain. |
refrãonoun (figurative (phrase used repeatedly) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) Então o pai de Patrick entoou o velho refrão familiar: "Por que você não arruma um emprego? Quando eu tinha a sua idade, trabalhava doze horas por dia na fábrica." Then Patrick's father struck up the old familiar refrain: "Why don't you get a job? When I was your age, I was putting in a twelve-hour day in the factory." |
tocar um refrãointransitive verb (music: play a riff) The guitarist riffed for 15 minutes. |
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