aforismo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

aforismo (accusative singular aforismon, plural aforismoj, accusative plural aforismojn)

1. aphorism

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.foˈɾiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.foˈɾiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.foˈɾiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.foˈɾiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fuˈɾiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: a‧fo‧ris‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός (aphorismós).

Noun

aforismo m (plural aforismos)

1. aphorism (short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought)

Related terms

• aforístico

Further reading

• “aforismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

aforismo

1. first-person singular present indicative of aforismar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός (aphorismós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afoˈɾismo/ [a.foˈɾiz.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧fo‧ris‧mo

Noun

aforismo m (plural aforismos)

1. aphorism (short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought)

Related terms

• aforístico

 

Further reading

• “aforismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16