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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι (hupokrī́nomai, “to reply”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, hypo-”) + the middle voice of κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate, to judge, to decide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ipokɾeˈsia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: hi‧po‧cre‧sí‧a
Noun
hipocresía f (plural hipocresías)
- hypocrisy
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