metáfora

See also: metafora, metàfora, metafòra, and metaforă

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

Noun

metáfora f (plural metáforas)

1. metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)

Related terms

• metafórico

 

Further reading

• “metáfora”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈta.fo.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈta.fo.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈta.fo.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈta.fu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧tá‧fo‧ra

Noun

metáfora f (plural metáforas)

1. metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)

Related terms

• metafórico

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈtafoɾa/ [meˈt̪a.fo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -afoɾa
• Syllabification: me‧tá‧fo‧ra

Noun

metáfora f (plural metáforas)

1. metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)

Related terms

• metafórico

 

Further reading

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