monosílabo

Spanish

Adjective

monosílabo (feminine monosílaba, masculine plural monosílabos, feminine plural monosílabas)

1. (linguistics) monosyllabic
2. taciturn, untalkative, curt

Noun

monosílabo m (plural monosílabos)

1. monosyllable

Related terms

• polisílabo
• sílaba

Further reading

• “monosílabo”, 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