grandilocuente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquor (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾandiloˈkwente/ [ɡɾãn̪.d̪i.loˈkwẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: gran‧di‧lo‧cuen‧te

Adjective

grandilocuente m or f (masculine and feminine plural grandilocuentes)

1. grandiloquent

   Synonym: grandílocuo

Derived terms

• grandilocuencia

Further reading

• “grandilocuente”, 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