sertanejo

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese sertanejo. === Noun === sertanejo (plural sertanejos) In Brazil, someone from the countryside; a backlander. (music) A type of Brazilian folk music. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === sertaneijo (hypercorrect) === Etymology === From sertão (“rural, semi-arid area”) + -ejo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʒu, (Portugal) -ɐʒu, -ɐjʒu Hyphenation: ser‧ta‧ne‧jo === Adjective === sertanejo (feminine sertaneja, masculine plural sertanejos, feminine plural sertanejas) from or relating to a rural, semi-arid area (loosely) rural (from or relating to any less-populated area) ==== Synonyms ==== (rural): campesino, campestre, rural, interiorano === Noun === sertanejo m (plural sertanejos, feminine sertaneja, feminine plural sertanejas) native or inhabitant of a rural, semi-arid area (loosely) rustic; countryman (someone from a less-populated area) (music) sertanejo (a genre of Brazilian folk music) a fan of sertanejo music ==== Synonyms ==== (countryman): campesino, camponês, caipira (derogatory) (sertanejo music): sertanojo (derogatory) ==== Derived terms ==== === Descendants === → English: sertanejo → Spanish: sertanejo → Translingual: Leptodactylus sertanejo === Further reading === “sertanejo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “sertanejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Adjective === sertanejo (feminine sertaneja, masculine plural sertanejos, feminine plural sertanejas) (relational) sertanejo === Noun === sertanejo m (uncountable) (music) sertanejo (a genre of Brazilian folk music)