hipérbato

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hipérbaton

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛʁ.ba.tu/ [iˈpɛɦ.ba.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛʁ.ba.tu/ [iˈpɛɦ.ba.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛɾ.ba.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛʁ.ba.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛɻ.ba.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛɾ.bɐ.tu/ [iˈpɛɾ.βɐ.tu]

• Hyphenation: hi‧pér‧ba‧to

Noun

hipérbato m (plural hipérbatos)

1. (grammar) hyperbaton (inversion of the usual order of words or phrases)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• hipérbaton

Etymology

From Latin hyperbaton, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón, “overstepping”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go, move, walk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈpeɾbato/ [iˈpeɾ.β̞a.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾbato
• Syllabification: hi‧pér‧ba‧to

Noun

hipérbato m (plural hipérbatos)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) hyperbaton

Derived terms

• hiperbático

 

Further reading

• “hipérbato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28