afonía
See also: afonia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afoˈnia/ [a.foˈni.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: a‧fo‧ní‧a
Noun
afonía f (plural afonías)
- aphonia (loss of voice)
- 2016 May, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President!”, in Prensa Libre:
- El legendario apetito sexual de Kennedy quedó documentado en pequeñas notas que enviaba a sus colaboradores en 1960, en una época en que una afonía lo obligó a comunicarse por escrito con sus principales colaboradores.
- Kennedy's legendary sexual appetite was documented in small notes that he sent to his associates in 1960, at a time when a aphonia forced him to communicate in writing with his main collaborators.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “afonía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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