plus minusve

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin plūs minusve (“more or less”).

Pronunciation

(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (particularly: the second and third pronunciations, rendering "v" as in Classical Latin.)

  • IPA(key): /ˌplus miˈnusbe/ [ˌpluz miˈnuz.β̞e]
    • Syllabification: plus mi‧nus‧ve
  • IPA(key): /ˌplus miˈnuswe/ [ˌpluz miˈnu.swe]
  • IPA(key): /ˌplus miˈnusw̝e/ [ˌpluz miˈnuz.w̝e]

Adverb

plus minusve

  1. more or less; approximately
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:aproximadamente

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.

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