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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología), from ταὐτός (tautós, “identical”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tautoloˈxia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: tau‧to‧lo‧gí‧a
Noun
tautología f (plural tautologías)
- tautology
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