papiroflexia

Spanish

Etymology

Compound of papiro (“papyr; paper”) + Latin flexus (“folded”), calque of Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami). Cognate with Catalan papiroflèxia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papiɾoˈfleɡsja/ [pa.pi.ɾoˈfleɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -eɡsja
• Syllabification: pa‧pi‧ro‧fle‧xia

Noun

papiroflexia f (plural papiroflexias)

1. (chiefly uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

   Synonym: origami

   • 2015 July 18, “Tres coreógrafos de futuro en Montecarlo”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La metáfora de la papiroflexia, los avioncitos de papel, además de ternura aporta una ligereza aérea y grácil.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Coordinate terms

• pajarita

Further reading

• “papiroflexia”, 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