brevedad

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin brevitātem, from brevis (“not lasting long, short, small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾebeˈdad/ [bɾe.β̞eˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: bre‧ve‧dad

Noun

brevedad f (plural brevedades)

1. brevity, shortness

Related terms

• breve

Further reading

• “brevedad”, 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