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Asturian
Noun
época f (plural époques)
- era, epoch (time period)
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Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
época f (plural épocas)
- time, season
- age, period, epoch (particular period of history)
Portuguese
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
época f (plural épocas)
- time, season
- age, period, epoch (particular period of history)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:época.
Spanish
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”), from ἐπέχω (epékhō, “to hold in, check”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”).
Pronunciation
Noun
época f (plural épocas)
- epoch, era, age, time, day
- season, time
- period (of time), time period
- (geology) epoch
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