afonía

See also: afonia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afoˈnia/ [a.foˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧fo‧ní‧a

Noun

afonía f (plural afonías)

1. aphonia (loss of voice)
   • 2016 May, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President!”, in Prensa Libre‎^[1]:

     El legendario apetito sexual de Kennedy quedó documentado en pequeñas notas que enviaba a sus colaboradores en 1960, en una época en que una afonía lo obligó a comunicarse por escrito con sus principales colaboradores.

     Kennedy's legendary sexual appetite was documented in small notes that he sent to his associates in 1960, at a time when a aphonia forced him to communicate in writing with his main collaborators.

Derived terms

• afónico

 

Further reading

• “afonía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10