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What does "Cumparsita" mean? I understand it refers to a small group of people at the carnival, but I don't really know exactly... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.179.124.7 (talk) 11:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Well, according to http://www.totango.net/cumpar.html:
Cumparsa: Lunfardo word that denotes a group of people that attends the carnival festivals dressed in a similar fashion (usually, but not exclusively, wearing masks.)
The term seems to be a corruption of the Italian 'comparsa'.
La Cumparsita: The little cumparsa.
Hope that helps! —Lowellian (reply) 02:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But it sounds like a corruption of comparse, a combination of the reflexive pronoun 'se' and the verb 'comparar' - get yourself together - as in soldiers that have to ready themselves for the march. Can Spanish derive a diminutive from that kind of a construction? In Classical Latin, paro is a first conjugation verb that means "get ready" or "prepare." 216.99.219.253 (talk) 02:41, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Comparsa" in Spanish means a group of people dressed in a particular mode that participate of a popular party. In this case "Cumparsita" (little comparsa) was the nickname of a group of Uruguayan students. The "o" was changed for a "u" due to bad pronunciation by an Italian immigrant (either the waiter of a bar or the mother of one of the students according to different versions). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dweigel (talk • contribs) 13:53, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Steel1943 (talk) 01:12, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

La cumparsita → La Cumparsita – The second sentence of the lead paragraph describes it as "among the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time". It is equally recognizable in the English-speaking world where it is rendered using English-language orthography. Even the music sheet image appended to the article depicts the title as "La Cumparsita", not "La cumparsita" and it should be noted that the music sheet was published in the Spanish-speaking world. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 06:20, 17 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Those clearly are not quality WP:RS for classical / Latin music. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:30, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This being the English Wikipedia, those are clearly quality WP:RS for English orthography, cultural references and information regarding all other subjects throughout the English-speaking world. Authors of specialized resources on classical / Latin music or any other branches of instruction or learning cannot decide to randomly introduce foreign orthography rules into English and expect such rules to be accepted. As evidenced by the above-indicated leading newspapers throughout the English-speaking world, such foreign orthography has not gained traction. The music reviews, such as those in The Times, The Hindu or The New Zealand Herald are written by critics well familiar with classical / Latin music, but also mindful of their newspapers' manual of style. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 13:13, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Announcement of this discussion appears at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English) and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 03:17, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
why? In ictu oculi (talk) 09:28, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
In search of additional contributors to this discussion. Other Wikipedians are, of course, free to add such notices at other MOS talk pages, as well as those of music WikiProjects and any other venues which they may deem relevant. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 13:13, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
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