sintonía
See also: sintonia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sintoˈnia/ [sĩn̪.t̪oˈni.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: sin‧to‧ní‧a
Noun
sintonía f (plural sintonías)
- syntony
- tuning
- (radio, broadcasting) jingle, theme music
- Synonym: cabecera
- accord, agreement, harmony
- 1996, Raymond Carr, La Epoca de Franco, 1939-1975:
- Las tasas medias españolas, en sintonía con las de esos otros países, enmascaran los altibajos interanuales.
- Spanish average rates, in line with those of other nations, conceal the year-to-year highs and lows.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sintonía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024