2023-05-16 11:07:20
The expression setlist can be replaced in Spanish by repertoire o songs list.
However, it is possible to find statements in the media such as the following: «This is the ‘set list’ of the first concert of Rosalía’s tour», «Taylor Swift began her tour with a concert whose setlist had more than 40 songs» or “Fans have speculated a lot about which songs would be on the set list.”
The Cambridge dictionary defines setlist (o set list) as ‘list of songs performed by a singer or group in a concert’. This expression is used both to refer to the paper on which the titles of the songs are written and which is frequently attached to the stage floor during the concert, as well as to the playlist that can be found on the main music platforms, which usually have been created by the fans.
With these meanings, in Spanish we are using the word repertoire, use that is admissible as an extension of its traditional meaning included in the Dictionary of the Spanish language of ‘set of theatrical or musical works that a company, an orchestra or a performer have prepared for their possible representation or performance’. Other alternatives to Anglicism can be selection o songs list o of themes.
Therefore, in the previous sentences it would have been more advisable to write “This is the list of songs for the first concert of Rosalía’s tour”, “Taylor Swift began her tour with a concert whose repertoire had more than 40 songs” and “Las Fans have speculated a lot about which songs would be on the set list.”
However, it is often possible to use other expressions in which one speaks simply of the songssuch as “These are the songs from the first concert…” in the first example and “…with a concert made up of more than 40 songs” in the second.
If you choose to use Anglicism, it is appropriate to write it in italics or, when this font is not available, between quotation marks. Regarding gender, as can be seen in the initial examples, it is usually combined with determiners or adjectives of both genders, since it can be understood that the referent is the list o the repertoire.
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