ampulosidad
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ampulosiˈdad/ [ãm.pu.lo.siˈð̞að̞]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: am‧pu‧lo‧si‧dad
Noun
ampulosidad f (plural ampulosidades)
- pomposity
- 2015 September 25, “The Waterboys se trasladan a una idealizada América”, in El País:
- Se apartaban así de la solemnidad común a las producciones de la época, ampulosidad que tres años antes les había encumbrado con This Is the Sea, cuya canción The Whole of the Moon es habitual en las selecciones de éxitos de los ochenta.
- Thus, they stay clear of the solemnity typical of productions of the time, a pomposity that three years beforehand had extolled them with This Is the Sea, an album including The Whole of the Moon, commonplace on 80s playlists.
Further reading
- “ampulosidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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