pleonástico
See also: pleonastico
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French pléonastique, from pléonasme (“pleonasm”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ple.oˈnas.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ple.oˈnaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ple.oˈnas.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pli.uˈnaʃ.ti.ku/, (faster pronunciation) /pljuˈnaʃ.ti.ku/
Adjective
pleonástico (feminine pleonástica, masculine plural pleonásticos, feminine plural pleonásticas)
- (rhetoric) pleonastic (of or relating to pleonasm)
- pleonastic (redundant in one’s wording)
- Synonym: circunloquial
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “pleonástico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pleonástico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
pleonástico (feminine pleonástica, masculine plural pleonásticos, feminine plural pleonásticas)
Further reading
- “pleonástico”, 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