anfíbraco
See also: anfibraco
Portuguese
Adjective
anfíbraco m (feminine singular anfíbraca, masculine plural anfíbracos, feminine plural anfíbracas, comparable)
- (poetry) amphibrachic (consisting of amphibrachs)
Synonyms
Noun
anfíbraco m (plural anfíbracos)
- (poetry, prosody) amphibrach (metrical foot of three syllables)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, literally “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “around”) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈfibɾako/, [ãɱˈfiβɾako]
See also
Further reading
- “anfíbraco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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