alegoría

See also: alegoria, alegória, and alegorią

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría, “figurative language”), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aleɡoˈɾia/ [a.le.ɣ̞oˈɾi.a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧go‧rí‧a

Noun

alegoría f (plural alegorías)

  1. allegory

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