perífrasis

perífrasis f (plural perífrasis)

1. periphrasis (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one)

Borrowed from Latin periphrasis, from Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾifɾasis/ [peˈɾi.fɾa.sis]
• Rhymes: -ifɾasis
• Syllabification: pe‧rí‧fra‧sis

perífrasis f (plural perífrasis)

1. (linguistics, grammar) periphrasis

   En el español hay unas ciento cuarenta perífrasis.

   In Spanish there are about 140 periphrases.

• perifrástico
  • perifrásticamente

• “perífrasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28