apólogo

See also: apologo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apologus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.lo.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.lo.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.lo.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔ.lu.ɡu/ [ɐˈpɔ.lu.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧lo‧go

Noun

apólogo m (plural apólogos)

1. apologue (a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apologus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpoloɡo/ [aˈpo.lo.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -oloɡo
• Syllabification: a‧pó‧lo‧go

Noun

apólogo m (plural apólogos)

1. apologue (a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects)

Further reading

• “apólogo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10