hipocresía

See also: hipocresia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι (hupokrī́nomai, “to reply”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, hypo-”) + the middle voice of κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate, to judge, to decide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipokɾeˈsia/ [i.po.kɾeˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧cre‧sí‧a

Noun

hipocresía f (plural hipocresías)

1. hypocrisy

Related terms

• hipócrita

 

Further reading

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