falsete

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian falsetto. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -et͡ʃi, -etɨ Hyphenation: fal‧se‧te === Noun === falsete m (plural falsetes) (music) falsetto (technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices) falsetto (individual who sings in this voice register) squeaky and thin voice === References === === Further reading === “falsete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “falsete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /falˈsete/ [falˈse.t̪e] Rhymes: -ete Syllabification: fal‧se‧te === Noun === falsete m (plural falsetes) (music) falsetto (vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice) === Further reading === “falsete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025