hipocresía

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι (hŭpokrī́nomai, “to reply”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, hypo-”) + the middle voice of κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate, to judge, to decide”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ipokɾeˈsia/ [i.po.kɾeˈsi.a] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: hi‧po‧cre‧sí‧a === Noun === hipocresía f (plural hipocresías) hypocrisy ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “hipocresía”, 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