contrabaixo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾaˈbaj.ʃu/ [ˌkõ.tɾaˈbaɪ̯.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾaˈbaj.ʃo/ [ˌkõ.tɾaˈbaɪ̯.ʃo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾɐˈbaj.ʃu/ [ˌkõ.tɾɐˈβaj.ʃu]
Noun
contrabaixo m (plural contrabaixos)
- bass guitar (electric stringed instrument similar to an electric guitar)
- Synonym: baixo
- (music) double bass (the largest stringed instrument of the violin family)
Further reading
- “contrabaixo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “contrabaixo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026