hipérbole
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Noun
hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)
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Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Noun
hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)
- hyperbole (rhetorical device)
Related terms
Further reading
- “hipérbole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish lemmas
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