perífrasis
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Asturian[edit]
Noun[edit]
perífrasis f (plural perífrasis)
- periphrasis (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin periphrasis, from Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perífrasis f (plural perífrasis)
- (linguistics, grammar) periphrasis
- En el español hay unas ciento cuarenta perífrasis.
- In Spanish there are about 140 periphrases.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “perífrasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Asturian feminine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ifɾasis
- Rhymes:Spanish/ifɾasis/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
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