circunloquio

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See also: circunlóquio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumloquium, from circumloquor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunˈlokjo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkunˈlokjo/
  • Rhymes: -okjo
  • Syllabification: cir‧cun‧lo‧quio

Noun

circunloquio m (plural circunloquios)

  1. circumlocution
    Synonym: circunlocución
    • 1863, José Pastor de la Roca, La corona de fuego o los subterráneos de las torres de Altamira:
      […] aquella interminable charla de circunloquios y pleonasmos ensartados prácticamente por los hablistas de profesión y por los embaucadores de oficio.
      that endless chat full of circumlocutions and pleonasms woven practically by smooth talkers and professional tricksters.
    • 2015 July 6, “Nueva alegoría de la liberación de Chile”, in El País‎:
      Pero este hombre sombrío que camina por la cancha como torturado por un circunloquio que pronuncia en voz baja, para sí mismo, es tan argentino como los inescrutables Messi, Bielsa o San Martín.
      But this sullen man walking around the court like a man tortured by a telling himself a softly-spoken circumlocution is just as Argentinian as the inscrutable Messis, Bielsas or San Martíns

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