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Galician
Etymology
From Latin simulācrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simuˈlakɾo/
- Rhymes: -akɾo
- Hyphenation: si‧mu‧la‧cro
Noun
simulacro m (plural simulacros)
- simulacrum
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Latin simulācrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.muˈla.kro/
- Rhymes: -akro
- Hyphenation: si‧mu‧là‧cro
Noun
simulacro m (plural simulacri)
- image (of a god etc.)
- simulacrum
- mockup
- dummy
Further reading
- simulacro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- simulacro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
simulācrō
- dative/ablative singular of simulācrum
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin simulācrum.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧mu‧la‧cro
Noun
simulacro m (plural simulacros)
- simulacrum (image or representation)
- ghost (spirit appearing after death)
- Synonyms: aparição, espectro, fantasma
- imitation
- simulation
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin simulācrum, from the verb simulare (“to simulate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simuˈlakɾo/
- Rhymes: -akɾo
- Syllabification: si‧mu‧la‧cro
Noun
simulacro m (plural simulacros)
- drill, fire drill
¡Atención! ¡Esto no es un simulacro!- Attention! This is not a drill!
- simulation, test, imitation
- Synonyms: emulación, imitación, reproducción, simulación
- image, simulacrum (especially of someone or something sacred)
- Synonyms: imagen, semejanza
- idea, fantasy (an idea resulting from fantasy)
- Synonyms: fantasía, ficción
Further reading