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/re/
Translation
re (musical note D)
Word origin
From the medieval solfège syllables, taken from the hymn Ut queant laxis; re comes from the second line, which began resonare fibris. Guido of Arezzo assigned each line's first syllable to a scale degree.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- resonare
Grammar
Examples
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The song starts on the note D.
, , .
Do, re, mi are the first notes of the scale.
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The teacher played a D on the piano.
¿ afinar ?
Can you sing a D to tune the guitar?
escrita .
This piece is written in D major.
Used in
Grammar articles
(24)Spanish Adjective Agreement: Endings, Position, and the Shortened Pre-Nominal Set
Conjugating Spanish -er Verbs in the Present Tense
Conjugating Spanish Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense
Spanish Verb Conjugation: The Complete Rules with Examples
Spanish Demonstratives: este, ese, aquel and the Three-Way Distance Split
Spanish Future Tense: ir a + Infinitive and the Inflectional Future
Spanish Imperfect: hablaba, comía, vivía and Only Three Irregulars
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
Spanish Nosotros Commands: the 'Let's...' Form
Spanish Noun Gender: The -o/-a Rule, the Ending Patterns, and the Exceptions Worth Memorising
Spanish Politeness: Softening Requests (¿Podría...?, ¿Te importaría...?, quisiera)
Spanish Prefixes: des-, re-, in-, pre- (deshacer, imposible, rehacer)
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
The Spanish Present Progressive: estar + gerundio, and Why It Is Not the English -ing
Spanish Punctuation and Capitalisation: the opening ¿ and ¡, lowercase lunes and español
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde and cuando
Ser vs Estar: The Two Spanish 'To Be' Verbs and When to Use Each
Spanish Subjunctive After Doubt and Denial
Spanish Subjunctive After Emotion
Spanish Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Spanish Subjunctive After Wishes
Spanish Verbal Periphrases: acabar de, llevar, volver a, seguir + verb
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