Category:Portuguese figures of speech
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Portuguese terms whose interpretation is not strictly literal, but are used in figurative ways or for special effect.
- Category:Portuguese dysphemisms: Portuguese dysphemisms (offensive, vulgar or otherwise negative terms used in place of a neutral alternative).
- Category:Portuguese euphemisms: Portuguese terms that indirectly refer to something unpleasant or controversial.
- Category:Portuguese hyperboles: Portuguese terms used as exaggerations for emphasis, rather than being taken literally.
- Category:Portuguese idioms: Portuguese phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:Portuguese proverbs: Portuguese phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
- Category:Portuguese sarcastic terms: Portuguese terms that are used sarcastically.
- Category:Portuguese similes: Portuguese figures of speech in which one thing is compared to another.
- Category:Portuguese synecdoches: Portuguese figures of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole pars pro toto, or vice versa totum pro parte.
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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- Portuguese dysphemisms (0 c, 2 e)
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- Portuguese hyperboles (0 c, 5 e)
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- Portuguese proverbs (0 c, 273 e)
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- Portuguese sarcastic terms (0 c, 18 e)
- Portuguese similes (0 c, 14 e)
- Portuguese synecdoches (0 c, 1 e)