apócrifo
See also: apocrifo
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
apócrifo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”), thus “(books) of unknown authorship”, from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧pó‧cri‧fo
Adjective edit
apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”), thus "(books) of unknown authorship", from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “apócrifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014