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Spanish
Etymology
From espejo (“mirror”) + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espeˈxismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: es‧pe‧jis‧mo
Noun
espejismo m (plural espejismos)
- mirage
- Synonym: miraje
- (figurative) wishful thinking
- Synonym: ilusión
2022 November 25, David Álvarez, “Inglaterra regresa del espejismo ante EE UU”, in El País:Aquellos seis goles anunciaban la llegada a un nuevo mundo, y la selección de Southgate miraba más a la copa Jules Rimet […] Pero había sido un espejismo, claro, y lo descubrieron en el estadio más al norte de Doha, el Al Bayt, construido con la apariencia de una tienda de los nómadas del desierto.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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