proposta

noun

pro·​pos·​ta

prə-ˈpō-stə

: the subject (see subject entry 1 sense 3f) of a musical fugue (see fugue entry 1 sense 1b)

Here the proposta is unchanged but the risposta is altered.

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1903, in the meaning defined above

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