retórico

See also: retorico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/ [heˈtɔ.ɾi.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/ [heˈtɔ.ɾi.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/ [χeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ko/ [heˈtɔ.ɾi.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/

• Hyphenation: re‧tó‧ri‧co

Adjective

retórico (feminine retórica, masculine plural retóricos, feminine plural retóricas)

1. rhetorical (relating to or reminiscent of rhetoric)

Derived terms

• retoricamente

Related terms

• retórica

Further reading

• “retórico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtoɾiko/ [reˈt̪o.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -oɾiko
• Syllabification: re‧tó‧ri‧co

Adjective

retórico (feminine retórica, masculine plural retóricos, feminine plural retóricas)

1. rhetorical

Derived terms

• cavidad torácica
• figura retórica
• pregunta retórica
• retóricamente

 

Related terms

• retórica

 

Further reading

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