apología

Borrowed from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). In the “expression of remorse” sense, a calque of English apology, and most common in Llanito, considered a proscribed false friend otherwise.

• IPA^(key): /apoloˈxia/ [a.po.loˈxi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧po‧lo‧gí‧a

apología f (plural apologías)

1. apology (a justification or defense)
2. (Llanito, otherwise proscribed) apology (an excuse or expression of remorse for a wrongdoing)

• “apología”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024