alegoría
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría, “figurative language”), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alegoría f (plural alegorías)
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Further reading
- “alegoría”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16