quinta
Americannoun
plural
quintasnoun
Etymology
Origin of quinta
C20: from Portuguese, literally: a country estate, farm
Example Sentences
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He assembled a banda: Erasmo Herrera on accordion, Fernando Dominguez on bajo quinta, drummer Diego Garcia and bassist Marcos Bocanegra.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Se estima que la delta representa más del 90% de los casos nuevos y está impulsando una quinta ola de enfermedades.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021
The strongest of them are called essential oils, after the medieval alchemist’s notion of quinta essentia, a fifth essence of heavenly origin — a life force — to be extracted from terrestrial materials.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
“Vinho verde is a growing segment,” being less alcoholic and a better fit with light foods, said Smith, whose other quinta, Covela, makes two kinds.
From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2014
In Feria quinta praedicta, unica tantum celebrandi est Missa in singulis Ecclesiis, quae solemnis aut conventualis esse debet.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 by Various
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