hipérbole

See also: hiperbole and hipèrbole

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛʁ.bo.li/ [iˈpɛɦ.bo.li]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛʁ.bo.li/ [iˈpɛɦ.bo.li]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛɾ.bo.li/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛʁ.bo.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛɻ.bo.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈpɛɾ.bu.lɨ/ [iˈpɛɾ.βu.lɨ]

• Hyphenation: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

1. hyperbola
2. hyperbole

Related terms

• hiperbólico
• hiperbolismo
• hiperbolóide

Further reading

• “hipérbole”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of hipérbola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈpeɾbole/ [iˈpeɾ.β̞o.le]
• Rhymes: -eɾbole
• Syllabification: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

1. (rhetoric, literature) hyperbole

Related terms

• hipérbola

 

Further reading

• “hipérbole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16