tropicalista

English

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista.

Noun

tropicalista (plural tropicalistas)

1. A member of a Brazilian art movement, Tropicália or Tropicalismo, of the late 1960s, encompassing theatre, poetry, and especially a mixture of music influenced by bossa nova, rock and roll, and various folk musics.

   Synonym: tropicalist

   • 2007 January 25, Larry Rohter, “Long-Lost Trove of Music Connects Brazil to Its Roots”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As sons of the Portuguese, Caetano and Gil and all the rest of us tropicalistas absorbed this folk influence, transmuted it and then took it to the world.”

Portuguese

Etymology

From tropical +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾo.pi.kaˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾo.pi.kaˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾo.pi.kaˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾo.pi.kaˈlis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾu.pi.kɐˈliʃ.tɐ/

Adjective

tropicalista m or f (plural tropicalistas)

1. tropical
2. (art) tropicalist (relating to the art movement Tropicália)

Noun

tropicalista m or f (plural tropicalistas)

1. (art) tropicalista, tropicalist

Further reading

• “tropicalista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tropicalista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024