hipérbole
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hi‧pér‧bo‧le
Noun edit
hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)
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Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of hipérbola.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hipérbole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014