retórica
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- rhetoric (art of using language for persuasion)
- Synonyms: eloquência, (colloquial) lábia, oratória
- 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.
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”).
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “retórico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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