flash-back

Italian

Noun

flash-back m (usually invariable, plural (dated) flash-backs)

  1. alternative spelling of flashback

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaʃbak/ [ˈflaʒβak]
  • Rhymes: -aʃbak
  • Syllabification: flash-back

Noun

flash-back m (plural flash-backs)

  1. alternative spelling of flashback

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “flash-back”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]