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acordeão — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accordion noun A boxy musical instrument with folding bellows, played by pressing buttons or keys while squeezing air through it.

Senses

acordeão is used for these senses in English:

  • accordion A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

accordion — full definition

  1. noun A boxy musical instrument with folding bellows, played by pressing buttons or keys while squeezing air through it.
  2. noun A user-interface element made of sections that expand and collapse, similar to the instrument's folds.

Related Portuguese words