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Divertimento


Di-verˊti-men′to

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Noun.
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[It.]
(Mus.)
A light and pleasing composition.

Definition 2024


divertimento

divertimento

English

Noun

divertimento (plural divertimentos or divertimenti)

  1. (music) a composition that has many short movements, a style that composers started to use in the Eighteenth Century.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • divertiménto
  • IPA(key): /divertiˈmento/

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimenti)

  1. fun, amusement, entertainment, distraction
  2. divertimento, divertissement

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Portuguese

Etymology

Divertir (to amuse, to entertain) + -mento

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.vɨɾ.ti.ˈmẽ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. fun, amusement, entertainment

Spanish

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. (music) divertimento
  2. amusement, entertainment