seguidilla
Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.
the music for this dance.
Origin of seguidilla
1Words Nearby seguidilla
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use seguidilla in a sentence
The Tigercat looked at his new ally with a stare of surprise, shrugged his shoulders, and whistled a Mexican seguidilla.
Stoneheart | Gustave AimardWhether the little seguidilla meant any thing in the lips of the songstress, I do not presume to say.
It is the seguidilla, with its gracious memories, which gives life to the Feria.
Things seen in Spain | C. Gasquoine HartleyThe minuet and the waltz were both in some degree derived from it, and it had much in common with the famous seguidilla of Spain.
In the distance there was the sound of united frivolities, a band of twenty guitars thrumming a wilful seguidilla.
The Prophet of Berkeley Square | Robert Hichens
British Dictionary definitions for seguidilla
/ (ˌsɛɡɪˈdiːljə) /
a Spanish dance in a fast triple rhythm
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
prosody a stanzaic form consisting of four to seven lines and marked by a characteristic rhythm
Origin of seguidilla
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse