apócrifo

See also: apocrifo

Asturian

Adjective

apócrifo

1. neuter of apócrifu

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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
• Syllabification: 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