perífrasis
Asturian
Noun
perífrasis f (plural perífrasis)
- periphrasis (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one)
Spanish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin periphrasis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).
Pronunciation
Noun
perífrasis f (plural perífrasis)
- (linguistics, grammar) periphrasis
- En el español hay unas ciento cuarenta perífrasis.
- In Spanish there are about 140 periphrases.
Related terms
Further reading
- “perífrasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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