circunlocución
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumlocūtiōnem. By surface analysis, circun- + locución.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunlokuˈθjon/ [θiɾ.kũn.lo.kuˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾkunlokuˈsjon/ [siɾ.kũn.lo.kuˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cir‧cun‧lo‧cu‧ción
Related terms
Further reading
- “circunlocución”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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