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名詞

modinha (plural modinhas)

1. A kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil. [from 18th c.]
   • 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 159:

     The drifters were coming back to play the guitar, sing modinhas, invent sambas they would later sell to famous samba singers in the city.

Further reading

• modinha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia