Brega (music)

Brega (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾɛɡɐ]) is a subgenre of Brazilian popular music. However, its musical aesthetic has been somewhat difficult to define because there is no proper "brega" musical rhythm. As a result, the term is widely used to refer to popular romantic music with dramatic exaggeration, usually dealing with topics such as declarations of love, infidelity, and delusions about love.[1] The term is also used in a pejorative way to refer something that is cheesy, tacky, and unfashionable.[2]

  1. ^ "Música Brega". dicionariompb.com.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Cultural Cravo Albin. Retrieved 14 Sep 2023.
  2. ^ "Brega". dicionarioinformal.com.br/. Dicionário inFormal. Retrieved 14 Sep 2023.