🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

música comercial

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈmusika komerˈθjal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Commercial Music/kəˈmɜːrʃənəl ˈmjuːzɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La emisora de radio transmite principalmente música comercial."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Music that is produced with the intention of being sold or used for commercial purposes.

    "The radio station primarily plays commercial music to attract a larger audience."
  2. 2

    A genre of music that is designed to appeal to a wide audience and generate revenue.

    "Many artists in the pop genre create commercial music that dominates the charts."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'commercial music' combines 'commercial', derived from the Latin 'commercium', meaning trade or commerce, and 'music', from the Greek 'mousike', referring to the art of the Muses. The phrase evolved in the 20th century as the music industry expanded, emphasizing music created for profit and mass consumption.

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