yámbico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝambiko/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãm.bi.ko]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃambiko/ [ˈʃãm.bi.ko]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒambiko/ [ˈʒãm.bi.ko]

Rhymes: -ambiko
Syllabification: yám‧bi‧co

Adjective

yámbico (feminine yámbica, masculine plural yámbicos, feminine plural yámbicas)

iambic

Related terms

yambo

Further reading

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

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