portamiento

English translation: portamento

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Spanish term or phrase:portamiento
English translation:portamento
Entered by: Ian Ferguson

10:56 Dec 11, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical / acoustics
Spanish term or phrase: portamiento
fonema /m/ entonado sin portamiento inicial
Franki
portamento
Explanation:
portamento [ptmntu]
n., pl. -ti [-t]. Music. a smooth slide from one note to another in which intervening notes are not separately discernible.
Compare {glissando}.
[from Italian: a carrying, from Latin portare to carry]


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5portamento
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NOT ENGLISH! PLEASE REPOST!


Explanation:
NOT ENGLISH! PLEASE REPOST!

Sven Petersson
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Local time: 09:27
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portamento


Explanation:
portamento [ptmntu]
n., pl. -ti [-t]. Music. a smooth slide from one note to another in which intervening notes are not separately discernible.
Compare {glissando}.
[from Italian: a carrying, from Latin portare to carry]





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