apócrifo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Asturian ==
=== Adjective ===
apócrifo
neuter of apócrifu
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”), thus “(books) of unknown authorship”, from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧pó‧cri‧fo
=== Adjective ===
apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)
apocryphal
=== Further reading ===
“apócrifo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“apócrifo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”), thus "(books) of unknown authorship", from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈpokɾifo/ [aˈpo.kɾi.fo]
Rhymes: -okɾifo
Syllabification: a‧pó‧cri‧fo
=== Adjective ===
apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)
apocryphal
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“apócrifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025