brevedad
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin brevitās (genitive singular brevitātis), from brevis (“not lasting long, short, small”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾebeˈdad/ [bɾe.β̞eˈð̞að̞]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: bre‧ve‧dad
Noun
brevedad f (plural brevedades)
- brevity, shortness
Related terms
- breve
Further reading
- “brevedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014