música

See also: musica, mùsica, and mušica

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

Noun

música f (uncountable)

1. music (sound, organized in time in a melodious way)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmu.zi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmu.zi.ka]

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Noun

música f (plural músiques)

1. music
2. female equivalent of músic

Derived terms

• musical

Adjective

música

1. feminine singular of músic

Further reading

• “música” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Galician medieval parchment with musical and lyrical compositions by Martin Codax

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusikɐ]

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 16:

     Jubal [...] achou primeyramẽte a arte de musica que he arte de cantar et de fazer sones.

     Jubal [...] was the first to find the art of music, which is the art of singing and making sounds

2. musician (female)

Related terms

• músico

Adjective

música f sg

1. feminine singular of músico

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “musica”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “música”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.zi.kɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.zi.kɐ/, [ˈmu.z̻ɪ.kə]
• Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural s)

1. music

   Que tipo de música você gosta mais?

   What kind of music do you like the most?

2. song

   Esta música me lembra de minha infância

   This song reminds me of my childhood.

3. female equivalent of músico

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:música.

Descendants

• Papiamentu: musika
• → Tetum: muzika

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (τέχνη) (mousikḗ (tékhnē), “(art) of the Muses”). Compare the doublet murga, which probably resulted from a semi-popular form of the word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusika/ [ˈmu.si.ka]
• Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music
2. female equivalent of músico, (female) musician

Derived terms

• caja de música
• vete con la música a otra parte

 

Descendants

• → Basque: musika
• → Chayuco Mixtec: mazica
• → Hiligaynon: musika
• → Ilocano: musika
• → Tagalog: musika

Related terms

• musa
• musical
• músico

Further reading

• “música”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16