mefistofélico

See also: mefistofelico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.fis.toˈfɛ.li.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.fis.toˈfɛ.li.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.fiʃ.toˈfɛ.li.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.fis.toˈfɛ.li.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.fiʃ.tuˈfɛ.li.ku/

• Hyphenation: me‧fis‧to‧fé‧li‧co

Adjective

mefistofélico (feminine mefistofélica, masculine plural mefistofélicos, feminine plural mefistofélicas)

1. Mephistophelean

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mefistoˈfeliko/ [me.fis.t̪oˈfe.li.ko]
• Rhymes: -eliko
• Syllabification: me‧fis‧to‧fé‧li‧co

Adjective

mefistofélico (feminine mefistofélica, masculine plural mefistofélicos, feminine plural mefistofélicas)

1. Mephistophelean
   • 2017 September 3, “Clara Wieck: una virtuosa de la música… y del amor”, in La Nacion‎^[1]:

     A los 8 años ya se presentaba en las principales ciudades alemanas y a los 11 deslumbró a todo París con su prodigioso talento: los parisinos no eran fáciles de impresionar: estaban acostumbrados a los fuegos de artificio pianísticos de Liszt y Chopin, y a la mefistofélica prestidigitación de Paganini.

     At the age of 8 he was already appearing in the major German cities, and at 11 he dazzled the whole of Paris with his prodigal talent - the Parisians weren't easy customers to please - they were used to the explosive piano pieces of Liszt and Chopin, and the Mephistophelean fingerwork of Paganini

Further reading

• “mefistofélico”, 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