apócrifo

apócrifo

1. neuter of apócrifu

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”).

• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧cri‧fo

apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)

1. apocryphal

• “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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈpokɾifo/ [aˈpo.kɾi.fo]
• Rhymes: -okɾifo
• Syllabification: a‧pó‧cri‧fo

apócrifo (feminine apócrifa, masculine plural apócrifos, feminine plural apócrifas)

1. apocryphal

• “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