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Portuguese
Etymology
Originally the title of an artwork by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾo.piˈka.li.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾo.piˈka.ljɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾo.piˈka.li.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾo.piˈka.ljɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾo.piˈka.li.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾo.piˈka.lja/
Noun
tropicália f (uncountable)
- Tropicália (a Brazilian cultural, artistic and musical movement starting in the late 1960s)
- Synonym: tropicalismo
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