catacresis
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kataˈkɾesis/ [ka.t̪aˈkɾe.sis]
- Rhymes: -esis
- Syllabification: ca‧ta‧cre‧sis
Noun
catacresis f (plural catacresis)
- catachresis (misuse of a word)
- (rhetoric) catachresis
Further reading
- “catacresis”, 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