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viola.

viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/viˈɔ.lɐ/Brazil/ˈvjɔ.lɐ/Brazil/ˈvjɔ.lɐ/Portugal/ˈbjɔ.lɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)

    feminine
  2. viol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)

    feminine
  3. viola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)

    feminine
  4. acoustic guitar

    broadly · feminine
  5. guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula.

verb/viˈɔ.lɐ/Brazil/ˈvjɔ.lɐ/Brazil/ˈvjɔ.lɐ/Portugal/ˈbjɔ.lɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of violar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of violar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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