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avant-garde in Portuguese

avant-garde in Portuguese is vanguardista, vanguarda — avant-garde means strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.

avant-garde in Portuguese

vanguardista
adj
Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.
vanguarda
noun

What does "avant-garde" mean?

  1. adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
    "The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work."
  2. noun The artists, writers or thinkers whose work breaks with established forms and points the way for others.
    "He spent the 1960s on the fringes of the literary avant garde."
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avant-garde in a sentence

  • The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work.
  • Her collection was too avant garde for the high street.
  • He spent the 1960s on the fringes of the literary avant garde.
  • The avant garde of one generation becomes the syllabus of the next.

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What is "avant-garde" in Portuguese?

"avant-garde" in Portuguese is vanguardista, vanguarda. avant-garde means: Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.

How do you use "avant-garde" in a sentence?

Example: "The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work." In Portuguese, "avant-garde" is vanguardista, vanguarda.

Are there other ways to say "avant-garde" in Portuguese?

Yes — Portuguese has 2 translations listed for "avant-garde": vanguardista, vanguarda.

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