breviario

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See also: breviário

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /breˈvja.rjo/
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  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: bre‧vià‧rio

Noun

breviario m (plural breviari)

  1. breviary

Latin

Noun

breviāriō

  1. dative/ablative singular of breviārium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin breviārium, ultimately from brevis (short).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾeˈbjaɾjo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: bre‧via‧rio

Noun

breviario m (plural breviarios)

  1. (religion) breviary
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      El Obispo, dejando a un lado su breviario, tomaba asiento junto a la mesa donde Gloria tenía un completo ajuar diminuto de casa, con preciosos mueblecitos, vajilla de comedor y cocina y dos docenas de damas y galanes de alta categoría, de las cuales unas estaban en visita y otras recibían.
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  2. compendium

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