época

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See also: epoca, època, and epocă

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈepoka/,
  • Hyphenation: é‧po‧ca

Noun

época f (plural époques)

  1. era, epoch (time period)
    Synonym: era

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

época f (plural épocas)

  1. time, season
  2. age, period, epoch (particular period of history)

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: é‧po‧ca

Noun

época f (plural épocas)

  1. time, season
  2. age, period, epoch (particular period of history)

Quotations

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch), from ἐπέχω (epékhō, to hold in, check), from ἐπι- (epi-, upon) + ἔχω (ékhō, to have, hold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈepoka/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -epoka
  • Syllabification: é‧po‧ca

Noun

época f (plural épocas)

  1. epoch, era, age, time, day
  2. season, time
  3. period (of time), time period
  4. (geology) epoch

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