onomatopeya
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía). More at onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /onomatoˈpeʝa/ [o.no.ma.t̪oˈpe.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /onomatoˈpeʃa/ [o.no.ma.t̪oˈpe.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /onomatoˈpeʒa/ [o.no.ma.t̪oˈpe.ʒa]
- Rhymes: -eʝa
- Syllabification: o‧no‧ma‧to‧pe‧ya
Noun
onomatopeya f (plural onomatopeyas)
- onomatopoeia
Derived terms
- onomatopéyico
Further reading
- “onomatopeya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014