sainete
Portuguese
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Noun
[edit]sainete m (plural sainetes)
Further reading
[edit]- “sainete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From saín (“lard”) + -ete (diminutive suffix). Originally a morsel of fat, marrow, etc. given to a bird of prey as a reward. From there it acquired the meaning of a tasty snack or condiment and, by metaphorical extension, a short "tasty" piece of theatre.
Pronunciation
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[edit]sainete m (plural sainetes)
- (theater) playlet, skit (one-act comic play)
- 2015 March 26, Víctor Núñez Jaime, quoting Fernando Albizu, “"España no es una tragicomedia. Es un sainete"”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
- Es como España: todo un sainete. Porque ya lo dijo Fernando VII: España no es una tragedia. Es un sainete. Lo malo es que no siempre sabemos reírnos de nosotros mismos.
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- (figurative, colloquial) farce (situation abounding with ludicrous incidents)
- 2016 March 6, Carlos Boyero, “Qué rollo”, in El País[2], Madrid, →ISSN:
- El escenario es el Parlamento y aledaños, pero el sainete se propaga en las infinitas tertulias, debates y entrevistas que dedica la tele a esas elocuentes movidas para ver quién pilla el poder absoluto o relativo en el gobierno o desgobierno de la nación.
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- 2017 November 1, Claudi Pérez, Álvaro Sánchez, “Un nuevo giro en el sainete del ‘procés’”, in El País[3], Madrid, →ISSN:
- La opción más verosímil es que siga en Bruselas, pero las últimas 48 horas de su periplo bruselense son una especie de vodevil: un nuevo viaje internacional convertiría el sainete en esperpento.
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Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sainete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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