hipócrita
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hi‧pó‧cri‧ta
Adjective edit
hipócrita m or f (plural hipócritas)
- hypocritical (characterised by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite)
Noun edit
hipócrita m or f by sense (plural hipócritas)
- hypocrite (person practising hypocrisy)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
hipócrita m or f (masculine and feminine plural hipócritas)
- hypocritical
- Synonym: mojigato
Noun edit
hipócrita m or f by sense (plural hipócritas)
- hypocrite (person practising hypocrisy)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hipócrita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014