perifrástico

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧frás‧ti‧co === Adjective === perifrástico (feminine perifrástica, masculine plural perifrásticos, feminine plural perifrásticas) periphrastic; verbose (using more words than necessary) periphrastic; roundabout; circuitous (avoiding getting to the point) Synonym: circunloquial (grammar) periphrastic (characterised by periphrasis) ==== Derived terms ==== perifrasticamente ==== Related terms ==== perífrase === Further reading === “perifrástico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “perifrástico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peɾiˈfɾastiko/ [pe.ɾiˈfɾas.t̪i.ko] Rhymes: -astiko Syllabification: pe‧ri‧frás‧ti‧co === Adjective === perifrástico (feminine perifrástica, masculine plural perifrásticos, feminine plural perifrásticas) periphrastic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “perifrástico”, 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