propiciatorio
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾopiθjaˈtoɾjo/ [pɾo.pi.θjaˈt̪o.ɾjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾopisjaˈtoɾjo/ [pɾo.pi.sjaˈt̪o.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -oɾjo
- Syllabification: pro‧pi‧cia‧to‧rio
Adjective
[edit]propiciatorio (feminine propiciatoria, masculine plural propiciatorios, feminine plural propiciatorias)
- propitiatory (intended to appease)
- una víctima propiciatoria ― a scapegoat
- 2015 October 9, “El cuadro de los horrores”, in El País[1]:
- Gales tiene la sonrisa como castigo después de parecer la víctima propiciatoria ante Inglaterra, de un parte de lesiones infinito que incluye a su zaguero Leigh Halfpenny, el medio melé Rhys Webb o el centro Scott Williams.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “propiciatorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16