Polyglot Dictionary

refrain

/rɪˈfreɪn/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
refrains

Meaning

  1. estribillo

    • Everyone sang along to the refrain.

      Todos cantaron el estribillo juntos.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

chorus

Near-total synonyms for the repeated part of a song; chorus can also mean the group of singers performing it, a sense refrain lacks.

Similar in other languages

German

Refrain

Refrain is the German word for the same thing — both mean "chorus, refrain."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa refrain?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Everyone sang along to the ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a refrain?

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