retórica

See also: retorica and retòrica

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ/ [heˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ/ [heˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ/ [χeˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ka/ [heˈtɔ.ɾi.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈtɔ.ɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧tó‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin rhētorica (“rhetoric”), from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).

Noun

retórica f (uncountable)

1. rhetoric (art of using language for persuasion)

   Synonyms: eloquência, (colloquial) lábia, oratória

2. rhetoric (meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress)

Alternative forms

• rhetórica (obsolete)

Related terms

• retoricador
• retoricamente
• retorição
• retoricar
• retoricismo
• retoricista
• retoricização
• retórico
• retorismo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

retórica

1. feminine singular of retórico

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtoɾika/ [reˈt̪o.ɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -oɾika
• Syllabification: re‧tó‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin rhētorica (“rhetoric”), from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).

Noun

retórica f (plural retóricas)

1. rhetoric

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

retórica

1. feminine singular of retórico

Further reading

• “retórico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16