terceto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁˈse.tu/ [tehˈse.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁˈse.tu/ [tehˈse.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teɾˈse.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʁˈse.tu/ [teχˈse.tu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /teɻˈse.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾˈse.tu/

Noun

terceto m (plural tercetos)

1. (poetry) tercet (three-line stanza)
2. (music) trio (group of three musicians)

   Synonym: trio

3. (music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)

Further reading

• “terceto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “terceto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *tritós

Proto-Italic *tritios

Latin tertius

Italian terzo

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -etto

Italian terzettobor.

Spanish terceto

Borrowed from Italian terzetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɾˈθeto/ [t̪eɾˈθe.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /teɾˈseto/ [t̪eɾˈse.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: ter‧ce‧to

Noun

terceto m (plural tercetos)

1. tercet

Further reading

• “terceto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025