apócrifo

See also: apocrifo

Asturian

Adjective

apócrifo

1. neuter of apócrifu

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.kɾi.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.kɾi.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.kɾi.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔ.kɾi.fu/

• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧cri‧fo

Adjective

apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)

1. apocryphal

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Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈpokɾifo/ [aˈpo.kɾi.fo]
• Rhymes: -okɾifo
• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧cri‧fo

Adjective

apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)

1. apocryphal

Derived terms

• apócrifamente

Further reading

• “apócrifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014