metáfora

Learned borrowing from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

metáfora f (plural metáforas)

1. metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)

• “metáfora”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

• Hyphenation: me‧tá‧fo‧ra

metáfora f (plural metáforas)

1. metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)

• “metáfora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “metáfora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

• IPA^(key): /meˈtafoɾa/ [meˈt̪a.fo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -afoɾa
• Syllabification: me‧tá‧fo‧ra

metáfora f (plural metáforas)

1. metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)

• “metáfora”, 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