masoquismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Masoch (name of Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.zoˈkiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.zoˈkiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.zoˈkiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.zoˈkiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.zuˈkiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ma‧so‧quis‧mo

Noun

masoquismo m (plural masoquismos)

1. masochism (the enjoyment of receiving pain)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Masochismus; coined by neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian writer whose novella Venus in Furs (German Venus im Pelz) explores a sadomasochistic relationship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masoˈkismo/ [ma.soˈkiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ma‧so‧quis‧mo

Noun

masoquismo m (plural masoquismos)

1. masochism

Related terms

• masoquista

 

Further reading

• “masoquismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014