appoggiatura

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹə === Noun === appoggiatura (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature) (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows. ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From appoggiare +‎ -tura. === Noun === appoggiatura f (plural appoggiature) appoggiatura (theater) a strong emphasis in intonation on the key word of a joke == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ap‧pog‧gia‧tu‧ra === Noun === appoggiatura f (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature) alternative form of apogiatura === Further reading === “appoggiatura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026