paráfrase

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.fɾa.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.fɾa.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.fɾa.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾa.fɾɐ.zɨ/

• Rhymes: -afɾazi, -afɾɐzɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧rá‧fra‧se

Noun

paráfrase f (plural paráfrases)

1. paraphrase (explanation or new presentation of a text or document that seeks to make the information contained therein more understandable)
2. (linguistics) paraphrase (statement or text that reformulates, for explanatory or interpretative purposes, the same information from another statement or another text, but using other linguistic resources)
3. paraphrase (free and developed translation)
4. (colloquial) malicious remark (comment that reveals evil)

Related terms

(verbs):

• parafrasear

Further reading

• “paráfrase”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “paráfrase”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025