masoquismo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From German Masoch (name of Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch) + -ismo.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧so‧quis‧mo
Noun edit
masoquismo m (plural masoquismos)
- masochism (the enjoyment of receiving pain)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Masochismus; coined by neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian writer whose novella Venus in Furs (German Venus im Pelz) explores a sadomasochistic relationship.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
masoquismo m (plural masoquismos)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “masoquismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014