anáfora
Spanish, noun/aˈnafoɾa/
anáfora is spelled A-N-Á-F-O-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anáfora is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “anaphora (repetition of a phrase used for emphasis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deixis parte de la pragmática que está relacionada con las palabras que sirven para indicarnos cosas.…”.
What does anáfora mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanaphora (repetition of a phrase used for emphasis)
- 2
feminineanaphora
- 3
feminineanaphora
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deixis parte de la pragmática que está relacionada con las palabras que sirven para indicarnos cosas. Palabras como tú, hoy, aquí, esto, son expresiones deícticas, que nos sirven para señalar personas, situaciones, lugares, etc. 2. Tipo de reiteración.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anáfora
- anáforas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anáfora?
- /aˈnafoɾa/
- [aˈna.fo.ɾa]
- [aˈnafoɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anáfora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anáfora in Spanish?
anáfora appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).