música

See also: musica, mùsica, and mušica

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusika/, [ˈmu.si.ka]
• Rhymes: -usika
• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (uncountable)

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

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]

• Audio:

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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.

Galician

Galician medieval parchment with musical and lyrical compositions by Martin Codax

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusikɐ]

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, 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. female equivalent of músico (“musician”)

Adjective

música f sg

1. feminine singular of músico

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “musica”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “musica”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “música”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “música”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”). By surface analysis, musa +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.zi.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -uzikɐ
• Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music (melodic and rhythmic sounds made as art)

   Synonym: (informal) som

   Que tipo de música você gosta mais?

   What kind of music do you like the most?

2. song (any musical composition)

   Synonym: canção

   Esta música me lembra de minha infância

   This song reminds me of my childhood.

3. female equivalent of músico (“female musician”)
4. music; musicology (the study of music)

   Synonym: musicologia

5. (figurative) music (any pleasing arrangement of sounds)

   Antonyms: ruído, barulho, cacofonia

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:música.

Derived terms

• música absoluta
• música clássica
• música country
• música de câmara
• música folclórica
• música folk
• música house
• música para os ouvidos de
• música pop
• música-chiclete
• musical
• (augmentative) musicão
• musicar
• musicastro
• musicista
• musicologia
• musicólogo
• (augmentative) musicona
• musiquear
• musiqueiro
• (diminutive) musiqueta
• musiquim
• (diminutive) musiquinha

 

Related terms

• musa
• músico
• musico-

 

Descendants

• Papiamentu: musika
• → Tetum: muzika

Adjective

música

1. feminine singular of músico

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usika
• Syllabification: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

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

Derived terms

• caja de música
• música cebolla
• música de fondo
• música house
• música instrumental
• música pop
• música popular
• musicar
• vete con la música a otra parte

 

Related terms

• musa
• musical
• músico

 

Descendants

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

Adjective

música f

1. feminine singular of músico

Further reading

• “músico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10