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English
Etymology
From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista.
Noun
tropicalista (plural tropicalistas)
- 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: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
Adjective
tropicalista m or f (plural tropicalistas)
- tropical
- (art) tropicalist (relating to the art movement Tropicália)
Noun
tropicalista m or f (plural tropicalistas)
- (art) tropicalista, tropicalist
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