clepsidra
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: clep‧si‧dra
Noun edit
clepsidra f (plural clepsidras)
- water clock (device for measuring time)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin clepsydra, from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra). More at English clepsydra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clepsidra f (plural clepsidras)
- clepsydra, water clock
- Synonym: reloj de agua
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “clepsidra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014