colofón

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koloˈfon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: co‧lo‧fón

Noun

colofón m (plural colofones)

  1. (printing) colophon
  2. (figurative) climax, culmination
    • 2022 May 17, Álvaro Sánchez, “Los sueños rotos de luna, la criptomoneda que colapsó en tres días: “Parecía una apuesta segura””, in El País‎, retrieved 2022-05-18:
      Es el inquietante colofón a un periodo de euforia desmedida.
      It is a disturbing end to a period of untrammeled euphoria.

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