What does «glosa» mean in Spanish?
- Explanation of some unclear words of a language by other more understandable ones.
Examples of use in Spanish: "las glosas de las Sagradas Escrituras".
- A comment or note that clarifies the understanding of a difficult text.
- Comment.
Examples of use in Spanish: "glosas de la actualidad".
- A legend that is placed on an instrument or book of account (or journal) and reason to indicate the obligation to which something is subject. In every journal, among other data, the gloss, also called summary or explanation of the operation recorded, must be recorded. It is written in a summarized but understandable form, also indicating the number of the document used to make the entry.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la glosa es la explicación del porqué del asiento en el Libro Diario".
- A note or adjustment that is placed on the accounts.
- Poetry developed from some verses that appear at the beginning and are developed and explained.
- Ornamentation of a given melody, especially during the Renaissance. The glosa is characteristic of Spanish and Portuguese music of the 16th century, which indicated two different aspects: on the one hand, the application of ornamentations in substitution of certain musical intervals and in cadences. On the other hand, it referred to variations that developed a theme.
- (hacer una glosa de) Make the eulogy of.