cantinela

f.

1 repetitive chant, drone, ditty, monotonous chant.

2 parrot-cry.

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cantinela

► nombre femenino

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SF

la misma cantinela — the same old story

y toda esa cantinela — * and all that jazz *

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femenino

siempre la misma cantinela — always the same old story (o thing etc)

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= chant, tune, refrain.

Ex. An antiphonal chant was performed in alternation, with one half of the choir answering the other half.

Ex. He wrote an article entitled 'Information needs: old song, new tune'.

Ex. The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.

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* cambiar de cantinela = change + Posesivo + tune.

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femenino

siempre la misma cantinela — always the same old story (o thing etc)

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= chant, tune, refrain.

Ex: An antiphonal chant was performed in alternation, with one half of the choir answering the other half.

Ex: He wrote an article entitled 'Information needs: old song, new tune'.

Ex: The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.

* cambiar de cantinela = change + Posesivo + tune.

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cantinela

feminine

la misma cantinela the same old story ( o thing etc)

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cantinela sustantivo femenino:

◊ siempre la misma cantinela always the same old story (o thing etc)

'cantinela' also found in these entries:
English:
drone

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cantinela nf

la misma cantinela the same old story

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cantinela

f fig fam

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la misma cantinela the same old story