Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
de maneira sincopada
English translation:
syncopated
Added to glossary by
Cris Valadares
May 6, 2016 01:14
8 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Brazil
HARD WORKER AND RESOURCEFUL
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
de maneira sincopada
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Music
samba
Bossa Nova - É o gênero musical brasileiro mais influente no cenário internacional. Trata-se de uma conjugação de samba e jazz, acentuando os contratempos de maneira sincopada, com a utilização de acordes dissonantes de passagem.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | syncopated |
Holly Holmes
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| 3 | syncopating |
David Hollywood
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Proposed translations
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Holly Holmes
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Specializes in field
Canada
DipTransIoLET Certified Port-Eng, PhD
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
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12
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syncopated
Syncopated functions here as an adjective. What kind of offbeats [contratempos]? Syncopated offbeats. "accentuating the syncopated offbeats"
Example sentence:
The guitarist Bill Frisell rolls and slides the sultry chords of ''Crepuscule With Nellie,'' and lobs syncopated offbeats against the saxophones of Joe Lovano and Dewey Redman in ''Straight No Chaser.''
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3 hrs
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
syncopating
by syncopating counterpoints
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-05-06 04:40:29 GMT)
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https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=1443858706 -
Jonathan Wainwright, Joseph Knowles, Andrew Cheetham - 2014 - Music
Examples 2.5 and 2.6 highlight the use of three different harmonic techniques—simple, syncopated and diminished counterpoint—within one and the same work ...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-05-06 04:55:56 GMT)
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by syncopating (and thus highlighting) counterpoints
(to include the "acentuando" aspect)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-05-06 04:40:29 GMT)
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https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=1443858706 -
Jonathan Wainwright, Joseph Knowles, Andrew Cheetham - 2014 - Music
Examples 2.5 and 2.6 highlight the use of three different harmonic techniques—simple, syncopated and diminished counterpoint—within one and the same work ...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-05-06 04:55:56 GMT)
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by syncopating (and thus highlighting) counterpoints
(to include the "acentuando" aspect)
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