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Meaning of sertanejo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. In Brazil, someone from the countryside; a backlander.
  2. A type of Brazilian folk music.

Equivalents

Português sertanejo sertanejo

Examples

“Life in the open air had made him as tanned and weather-beaten as a sertanejo.”
“I hate sertanejo music. This has something to do with when I was a teenager and my dad liked sertanejo while I wanted to be totally different.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sertanista sertanistas sertão Serthi sertindole Sertoli cell

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