apócrifo
See also: apocrifo
AsturianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
apócrifo
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EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: a‧pó‧cri‧fo
AdjectiveEdit
apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)
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Further readingEdit
- “apócrifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014