anécdota
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτα (anékdota).
Noun
[edit]anécdota f (plural anécdotas)
- Anecdote.
- 1944, Castelao, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez, Sempre en Galiza, page 152:
- «Cito esta anécdota porque demostra o concepto que inspiraba Galiza a través dos representantes galegos, que sempre se someteron á discipriña dos partidos nacionaes, para faceren carreira en Madrid e mandaren dende as outuras.»
- “I cite this anecdote because it demonstrates the concept that inspired Galicia through the Galician representatives, who always submitted to the discipline of the national parties, to make a career in Madrid and rule from elsewhere.”
Further reading
[edit]- “anécdota”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1578. Borrowed from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτα (anékdota).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aˈneɡdota/ [aˈneɣ̞.ð̞o.t̪a]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -eɡdota
- Syllabification: a‧néc‧do‧ta
Noun
[edit]anécdota f (plural anécdotas)
- anecdote
- Synonym: historieta
- 2024 December 2, Rosa Rahimi, “La palabra del año de Oxford es una condición moderna que nos resulta familiar a la mayoría de nosotros”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- La palabra superó a otras cinco candidatas preseleccionadas, que incluían “lore”, que significa un conjunto de (supuestos) hechos, información de fondo y anécdotas necesarias para comprender algo por completo; “romantasy”, un acrónimo para literatura que combina elementos de ficción romántica y fantasía; y “slop”, que se refiere a contenido de baja calidad generado por inteligencia artificial.
- The word beat out five other shortlisted candidates, including ‘lore’, which means a set of (supposed) facts, background information and anecdotes necessary to fully understand something; ‘romantasy’, an acronym for literature that combines elements of romantic fiction and fantasy; and ‘slop’, which refers to low-quality content generated by artificial intelligence.
- 1989, Osario Romero, Ignacio, Conquistar el eco. La paradoja de la conciencia criolla, page 199:
- La anécdota viene a cuento porque, primero, ilustra el clima ideológico del estudio de la retórica y, segundo, señala cómo en la clase de gramática solían estudiarse textos que, generalmente, eran recomendados para el curso de retórica.
- The anecdote is relevant because, first, it illustrates the ideological climate surrounding the study of rhetoric, and second, it points out how in grammar class students used to study texts that were generally recommended for the rhetoric course.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Hiligaynon: anékdota
Further reading
[edit]- “anécdota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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