disfemismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From disfemia +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.feˈmiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.feˈmiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.feˈmiz.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃ.fɨˈmiʒ.mu/

Hyphenation: dis‧fe‧mis‧mo

Noun

disfemismo m (plural disfemismos)

(uncountable) dysphemism (use of a derogatory or vulgar word to replace a neutral one)
dysphemism (word or phrase used to replace another in this way)

Further reading

“disfemismo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“disfemismo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

disfemismo m (plural disfemismos)

dysphemism
Antonym: eufemismo

Further reading

“disfemismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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