vilancete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish villancete, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”), whence also Portuguese vilão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.lɐ̃ˈse.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.lɐ̃ˈse.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.lɐ̃ˈse.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.lɐ̃ˈse.tɨ/

Hyphenation: vi‧lan‧ce‧te

Noun

vilancete m (plural vilancetes)

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)
Synonym: vilancico

Further reading

“vilancete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vilancete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026