hipérbole

See also: hiperbole and hipèrbole

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈpɛʁ.bo.li/ [iˈpɛɦ.bo.li]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /iˈpɛɾ.bo.li/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iˈpɛʁ.bo.li/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈpɛɻ.bo.le/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈpɛɾ.bu.lɨ/ [iˈpɛɾ.βu.lɨ]

  • Hyphenation: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

  1. hyperbola
  2. hyperbole

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of hipérbola.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iˈpeɾbole/ [iˈpeɾ.β̞o.le]
  • Rhymes: -eɾbole
  • Syllabification: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

  1. (rhetoric, literature) hyperbole

Further reading
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