hipérbole

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See also: hiperbole and hipèrbole

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

  1. hyperbola
  2. hyperbole

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of hipérbola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈpeɾbole/
  • Rhymes: -eɾbole
  • Syllabification: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

  1. (rhetoric, literature) hyperbole

Further reading

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