refrão

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish refrán, from French refrain, from Latin re- (back, again) + frangō (break).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧frão

Noun

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refrão m (plural refrãos or refrães)

  1. (music) refrain (chorus burden of song)
  2. proverb; maxim
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:provérbio
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