sarcasmo

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sarˈkaz.mo/
• Rhymes: -azmo
• Hyphenation: sar‧cà‧smo

Noun

sarcasmo m (plural sarcasmi)

1. sarcasm
2. sarcastic phrase, comment, etc.

Synonyms

• ironia
• irrisione
• mordacità
• scherno
• umorismo

Derived terms

• sarcastico

Anagrams

• massacro, massacrò

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sneer”), from Ancient Greek σαρκάζειν (sarkázein, “to gnash the teeth”, literally “to tear off the skin”), based on σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkaz.mu/ [sahˈkaz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkaz.mu/ [sahˈkaz.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saɾˈkaz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkaʒ.mu/ [saχˈkaʒ.mu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /saɻˈkaz.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈkaz.mo/ [sahˈkaz.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈkaʒ.mu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: sar‧cas‧mo

Noun

sarcasmo m (plural sarcasmos)

1. sarcasm

Related terms

• sarcástico

Further reading

• “sarcasmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sarcasmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sneer”), from σαρκάζειν (sarkázein, “to gnash the teeth”, literally “to tear off the skin”), based on σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾˈkasmo/ [saɾˈkaz.mo]
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Syllabification: sar‧cas‧mo

Noun

sarcasmo m (plural sarcasmos)

1. sarcasm
2. snark

Related terms

• sarcástico

Further reading

• “sarcasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025