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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ, “a turning back”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧nás‧tro‧fe
Noun
anástrofe f (plural anástrofes)
- (prosody) anastrophe (unusual order of words)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ, “a turning back”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning, revolving”).
Pronunciation
Noun
anástrofe f (plural anástrofes)
- (rhetoric) anastrophe
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