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Etymology

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From colloquial Brazilian Portuguese bossa (inclination, propensity, trend, literally protuberance) + nova (new).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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bossa nova (countable and uncountable, plural bossa novas)

  1. A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
  2. The music of that dance.
    1. A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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< Portuguese bossa nova

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbosːɑˌnoʋɑ/, [ˈbo̞s̠ːɑ̝ˌno̞ʋɑ̝]

Noun

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bossa nova

  1. bossa nova (dance and music)

Declension

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Inflection of bossa nova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative bossa nova bossa novat
genitive bossa novan bossa novien
partitive bossa novaa bossa novia
illative bossa novaan bossa noviin
singular plural
nominative bossa nova bossa novat
accusative nom. bossa nova bossa novat
gen. bossa novan
genitive bossa novan bossa novien
bossa novain rare
partitive bossa novaa bossa novia
inessive bossa novassa bossa novissa
elative bossa novasta bossa novista
illative bossa novaan bossa noviin
adessive bossa novalla bossa novilla
ablative bossa novalta bossa novilta
allative bossa novalle bossa noville
essive bossa novana bossa novina
translative bossa novaksi bossa noviksi
abessive bossa novatta bossa novitta
instructive bossa novin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bossa nova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese bossa nova.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.sa ˈnɔ.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Noun

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bossa nova f

  1. bossa nova (dance)
  2. bossa nova (music)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • bossa nova in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bossa nova in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bossa nova f (uncountable)

  1. (music) bossa nova (Brazilian musical movement)

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese bossa nova.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbosa ˈnoba/ [ˌbo.sa ˈno.β̞a]

Noun

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bossa nova f (uncountable)

  1. (music) bossa nova

Further reading

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bossa nova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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