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Meaning of "kitsch" in the Portuguese dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF KITSCH IN PORTUGUESE

kits · ch


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KITSCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Kitsch can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES KITSCH MEAN IN PORTUGUESE?

Kitsch

Kitsch is a German-origin term of controversial meaning and application. He is usually employed in aesthetic studies to designate a category of vulgar, inexpensive, tasteless, sentimental objects that copy references from the erudite culture without criterion and without reaching the level of quality of its models, and that are destined to mass consumption . Although kitsch presents itself as "profound," "artistic," "important," or "exciting," these qualifiers are seldom acquired by features intrinsic to the object, but rather derive from external associations that their audience establishes. It is an expression essentially figurative, being difficult to detect it in the abstract arts, because it depends on a narrative content to exert its effect. Some authors understand kitsch as an attitude and a general spirit of complacency and suppression of the critical sense, which can extend to quite distinct areas of art, such as ...

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KITSCH

kirsch · putsch

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KITSCH

kibutz · kichute · kieserita · Kiev · kilo · kilobit · kilt · kimberlito · King · Kinshasa · kirsch · kit · kitchenette · kiwi · klaxon · Kleene · Klein · km · km2 · kneippismo

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT END LIKE KITSCH

Bach · Erich · Greenwich · approach · brunch · catch · high-tech · mach · match · reich · sketch

Synonyms and antonyms of kitsch in the Portuguese dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kitsch» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF KITSCH

Find out the translation of kitsch to 25 languages with our Portuguese multilingual translator.

The translations of kitsch from Portuguese to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kitsch» in Portuguese.
zh

Translator Portuguese - Chinese

媚俗
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator Portuguese - Spanish

Kitsch
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator Portuguese - English

Kitsch
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator Portuguese - Hindi

किच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Portuguese - Arabic

الفن الهابط
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator Portuguese - Russian

китч
278 millions of speakers
pt

Portuguese

kitsch
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator Portuguese - Bengali

কিচেন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator Portuguese - French

kitsch
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator Portuguese - Malay

kitsch
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator Portuguese - German

Kitsch
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator Portuguese - Japanese

キッチュ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator Portuguese - Korean

키치
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator Portuguese - Javanese

kitsch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Portuguese - Vietnamese

hào nhoáng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator Portuguese - Tamil

கீட்ஷ்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator Portuguese - Marathi

उथळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator Portuguese - Turkish

ucuz edebiyat
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator Portuguese - Italian

kitsch
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator Portuguese - Polish

kicz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator Portuguese - Ukrainian

кітч
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator Portuguese - Romanian

kitsch
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Portuguese - Greek

κιτς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Portuguese - Afrikaans

kitsch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Portuguese - Swedish

kitsch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Portuguese - Norwegian

kitsch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kitsch

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KITSCH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of kitsch
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our Portuguese online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «kitsch».

Examples of use in the Portuguese literature, quotes and news about kitsch

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10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «KITSCH»

Discover the use of kitsch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kitsch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
O kitsch: a arte da felicidade
' O Kitsch' busca contribuir para a compreensão de um sistema estético de comunicação de massa.
Abraham A. Moles, 2001
2
Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from ...
DIVStudy of how the memorials created in Oklahoma City and at the World Trade Center site raise questions about the relationship between cultural memory and consumerism./div ""Tourists of History" is a great read: well written, accessible ...
Marita Sturken, 2007
3
O kitsch saudosista japonês na arquitetura brasileira
Com um enfoque didático, o autor mostra as novas concepções para o cheque pós-datado, como ele é tratado em outros países e como acontece a circulação dos títulos de crédito em seus aspectos jurídicos e comerciais.
Irajá Gouvêa, Luiz Braz Mazzafera, 2000
4
Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, ...
Five Faces of Modernity is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last century and a half or so: modernity, avant-garde, decadence, kitsch, and postmodernism.
Matei Calinescu, 1987
5
Kitsch and Art
At the beginning of this essay we invoked a methodological principle stipulating that looking at what is marginal to the system, or what it excludes, may help us understand the system itself. Does this rule also apply to kitsch and art? If it does  ...
Tomas Kulka, 2010
6
Kitsch
Famous names in the arenas of film, rock and pop, kitsch and camp have all chosen their own personal icons, recorded in these pocket-sized volumes with interesting, amusing and sometimes controversial results.
‎1999
7
Apocryphal Lorca: Translation, Parody, Kitsch
The book examines how Lorca in English translation has become a specifically American poet, adapted to American cultural and ideological desiderata—one that bears little resemblance to the original corpus, or even to Lorca’s Spanish ...
Jonathan Mayhew, 2009
8
Kitsch: From Education to Public Policy
Kitsch-or tacky, simplistic art and art forms-is used by various political actors to shape and limit what we know about ourselves, what we know about our past and our future, as well as what our present-day public policy options might be.
Catherine A. Lugg, Catherine A. Lugg, 1999
9
Kitsch & Kunst: Presentations of a Lost War
This book examines the presentation of, and attitudes to, the Second World War in post-war West German prose fiction.
Maggie Sargeant, 2005
10
Roadside Florida: The Definitive Guide to the Kingdom of Kitsch
The outrageous roadside attractions that have come to define the Sunshine State are presented in a full-color guide that documents such offbeat sites as Gatorama, Goofy Golf, Orange World, and other not-to-be-missed locales. Original.
Peter Genovese, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KITSCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kitsch is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Indie e kitsch, tudo junto misturado no show de Alice Caymmi
O maestro Eumir Deodato foi chamado ao palco para cumprir esse protocolo e colocar mais tempero nesse caldeirão que é a neta de Caymmi. É indie, é kitsch. «Diário do Grande ABC, Sep 15»
2
O kitsch na campanha eleitoral da direita portuguesa
A coligação de direita vem há muito prosseguindo uma estratégias de “relações públicas” baseada no mecanismo kitsch de aprofundamento da ignorância e ... «Esquerda, Sep 15»
3
Rachel McAdams e Taylor Kitsch juntos? Rumores dizem que sim
Fontes ouvidas pela US Weekly indicam que o relacionamento ainda é “recente” mas que é “sério”. Os atores conhecem-se há vários anos, mas ter-se-ão ... «Notícias ao Minuto, Jul 15»
4
Taylor Kitsch fala sobre cenas de nudez da série 'True Detective'
A nova temporada da série da HBO, True Detective, estreou no dia 21 de junho e mostrou diversas cenas quentes do ator Taylor Kitsch. +Colin Farell revela ... «Caras, Jun 15»
5
Saiba 11 curiosidades de Taylor Kitsch, galã de 'True Detective'
Um grande e belo motivo para acompanhar a nova temporada de True Detective neste domingo (22), às 22h, na HBO, tem nome: Taylor Kitsch. «Revista Quem, Jun 15»
6
See Taylor Kitsch Without His Shirt in New True Detective Season 2 …
On Thursday, HBO released a new one-minute trailer for the upcoming season, which is set in Los Angeles and stars Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, ... «TV Guide, May 15»
7
True Detective: Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell e Taylor Kitsch
Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell e Taylor Kitsch foram clicados nas primeiras imagens de set da segunda temporada de True Detective. Além do novo elenco ... «AdoroCinema, Feb 15»
8
TV » Taylor Kitsch aparece em primeiras imagens do set de True …
Estava com saudades de True detective? O ator Taylor Kitsch foi flagrado recentemente no set de gravações de uma cena em Los Angeles, California. Um dos ... «Diário de Pernambuco, Feb 15»
9
Rod McKuen dead at 81: Poet, songwriter, performer was 'King of …
Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced “King of Kitsch” whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and '70s won him an Oscar nomination and made ... «New York Daily News, Jan 15»
10
Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch will star in True Detective …
Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch and Kelly Reilly have been added to the cast of True Detective's second season, joining previously announced leads Colin ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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