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hipérbole

See also: hiperbole and hipèrbole

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

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  • Hyphenation: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

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hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

  1. hyperbola
  2. hyperbole
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of hipérbola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈpeɾbole/ [iˈpeɾ.β̞o.le]
  • Rhymes: -eɾbole
  • Syllabification: hi‧pér‧bo‧le

Noun

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hipérbole f (plural hipérboles)

  1. (rhetoric, literature) hyperbole
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