Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Macaronic
Description: Macaronic is an adjective that means composed of a mixture of languages.
Our word of the day is related to the word macaroni, the Italian dish that combines various foods. In a similar way, a macaronic use of language combines many languages.
Our limited understanding of Portuguese caused our band to write many macaronic songs that combined English with Portuguese for our Brazilian audience.