disfemismo
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disfeˈmismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Hyphenation: dis‧fe‧mis‧mo
Noun
disfemismo (accusative singular disfemismon, plural disfemismoj, accusative plural disfemismojn)
- dysphemism
- Antonym: eŭfemismo
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.feˈmiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.feˈmiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.feˈmiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃ.fɨˈmiʒ.mu/
- Hyphenation: dis‧fe‧mis‧mo
Noun
disfemismo m (plural disfemismos)
- (uncountable) dysphemism (use of a derogatory or vulgar word to replace a neutral one)
- dysphemism (word or phrase used to replace another in this way)
Further reading
- “disfemismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “disfemismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disfeˈmismo/ [d̪is.feˈmiz.mo]
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: dis‧fe‧mis‧mo
Noun
disfemismo m (plural disfemismos)
- dysphemism
- Antonym: eufemismo
Further reading
- “disfemismo”, 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