etopeya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /etoˈpeʝa/ [e.t̪oˈpe.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /etoˈpeʝa/ [e.t̪oˈpe.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /etoˈpeʃa/ [e.t̪oˈpe.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /etoˈpeʒa/ [e.t̪oˈpe.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Syllabification: e‧to‧pe‧ya

Noun

etopeya f (plural etopeyas)

1. (rhetoric) ethopoeia

Further reading

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