yámbico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝambiko/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãm.bi.ko]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝambiko/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãm.bi.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃambiko/ [ˈʃãm.bi.ko]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒambiko/ [ˈʒãm.bi.ko]

• Rhymes: -ambiko
• Syllabification: yám‧bi‧co

Adjective

yámbico (feminine yámbica, masculine plural yámbicos, feminine plural yámbicas)

1. iambic

Related terms

• yambo

 

Further reading

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