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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)
- hyperbola
- hyperbole
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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)
- (rhetoric, literature) hyperbole
Further reading