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semifusa

Portuguese, noun/se.miˈfu.zɐ/

semifusa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hemidemisemiquaver (note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “duração de tempo correspondente à metade de uma fusa, ou 1/16 de uma semínima”.

What does semifusa mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehemidemisemiquaver (note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. duração de tempo correspondente à metade de uma fusa, ou 1/16 de uma semínima

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of semifusa

  • semifusas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce semifusa?

  • Brazil /se.miˈfu.zɐ/
  • Portugal /sɨ.miˈfu.zɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.