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= Cantiga de escarnio = The cantiga de escarnio y maldecir (or de escarnio e maldizer in Galician-Portuguese) is a satirical genre of medieval Galician-Portuguese lyric derived from the Provençal sirventés. Cantigas de escarnio either disguise or subtly imply their criticism. On the other hand, in cantigas de maldizer (maldecir) the poet is clearer and directly insults somebody else. However, the cancioneiros do not distinguish between these two forms.

In terms of metrics, this form of cantiga follows the same conventions as the cantigas de amor.

There are five kinds:

a) Literary satire. Dedicated to the parody of courtly love and to mocking another's composition style.

b) Political and moral satire: Martim Moixa, Pedro da Ponte and Airas Nunes stand out.

c) Personal satire

d) Sexual satire

e) Social satire

In some cases, the cantigas de escarnio reveal the tensions between troubadours, generally those that pertain to the nobility, and minstrels, who had a lower social rank.

The oldest literary document in Galician-Portuguese pertains to this genre, the cantiga 'Ora faz ost’o senhor de Navarra' by João Soares de Paiva who was born in 1141.