mordaz
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin mordācem (“biting”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: mor‧daz
Adjective[edit]
mordaz m or f (plural mordazes)
- mordacious (sharp or caustic in style or tone)
- Synonym: incisivo
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mordācis (“biting”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /moɾˈdaθ/ [moɾˈð̞aθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /moɾˈdas/ [moɾˈð̞as]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: mor‧daz
Adjective[edit]
mordaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural mordaces)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mordaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aθ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/as
- Rhymes:Spanish/as/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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