# música
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmusika/ [ˈmu.si.ka]
* Rhymes: -usika
* Syllabification: mú‧si‧ca

### Noun

música f (uncountable)
* music (sound, organized in time in a melodious way)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmu.zi.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmu.zi.ka]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

música f (plural músiques)
* music
* female equivalent of músic

#### Derived terms

* musical

### Adjective

música
* feminine singular of músic

#### Further reading

* “música” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmusikɐ]

### Noun

música f (plural músicas)
* music
** c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 16:Jubal [...] achou primeyramẽte a arte de musica que he arte de cantar et de fazer sones.Jubal [...] was the first to find the art of music, which is the art of singing and making sounds
* female equivalent of músico (“musician”)

### Adjective

música f sg
* feminine singular of músico

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “musica”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “musica”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “música”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “música”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “música”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”). By surface analysis, musa +‎ -ica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmu.zi.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -uzikɐ
* Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

### Noun

música f (plural músicas)
* music (melodic and rhythmic sounds made as art)
    Synonym: (informal) som
    Que tipo de música você gosta mais?What kind of music do you like the most?
* song (any musical composition)
    Synonym: canção
    Esta música me lembra de minha infânciaThis song reminds me of my childhood.
* female equivalent of músico (“female musician”)
* music; musicology (the study of music)
    Synonym: musicologia
* (figurative) music (any pleasing arrangement of sounds)
    Antonyms: ruído, barulho, cacofonia

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:música.

#### Derived terms

* música absoluta
* música clássica
* música country
* música de câmara
* música folclórica
* música folk
* música house
* música para os ouvidos de
* música pop
* música-chiclete
* musical
* (augmentative) musicão
* musicar
* musicastro
* musicista
* musicologia
* musicólogo
* (augmentative) musicona
* musiquear
* musiqueiro
* (diminutive) musiqueta
* musiquim
* (diminutive) musiquinha

#### Related terms

* musa
* músico
* musico-

#### Descendants

* Papiamentu: musika
* → Tetum: muzika

### Adjective

música
* feminine singular of músico

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (τέχνη) (mousikḗ (tékhnē), “(art) of the Muses”). Compare the doublet murga, which probably resulted from a semi-popular form of the word.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmusika/ [ˈmu.si.ka]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -usika
* Syllabification: mú‧si‧ca

### Noun

música f (plural músicas)
* music
* female equivalent of músico, (female) musician

#### Derived terms

* caja de música
* música cebolla
* música de fondo
* música house
* música instrumental
* música pop
* música popular
* musicar
* vete con la música a otra parte

#### Related terms

* musa
* musical
* músico

#### Descendants

* → Basque: musika
* → Chayuco Mixtec: mazica
* → Hiligaynon: musika
* → Ilocano: musika
* → Tagalog: musika

### Adjective

música f
* feminine singular of músico

### Further reading

* “músico”, 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