hipócrita
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈpɔ.kɾi.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: hi‧pó‧cri‧ta
Adjective
hipócrita m or f (plural hipócritas)
- hypocritical (characterised by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈpokɾita/ [iˈpo.kɾi.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -okɾita
- Syllabification: hi‧pó‧cri‧ta
Adjective
hipócrita m or f (masculine and feminine plural hipócritas)
- hypocritical
- Synonym: mojigato
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Further reading
- “hipócrita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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