desafinado

[dez-uh-fee-NAH-doo]

adjectivemasculinepl: desafinados

out of tune

1. Not in tune; producing sounds that are not harmonically correct

The guitarist played a desafinado chord that sounded terrible.

O guitarrista tocou um acorde desafinado que soou horrível.

2. Lacking harmony or agreement; discordant

His comments were desafinado with the group's objectives.

Seus comentários eram desafinados com os objetivos do grupo.

3. Off-key when singing

She sang the national anthem in a desafinado voice.

Ela cantou o hino nacional com a voz desafinada.

NYC Slang

off-key, off-tune

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General Brazilian

desafinado

Standard usage across Brazil

Portugal

desafinado

Standard usage, same as Brazilian Portuguese

Rio de Janeiro

desafinado

Commonly used in samba and music contexts

cantar desafinado (to sing off-key)

estar desafinado (to be out of tune or in disagreement)

instrumento desafinado (an out-of-tune instrument)

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