hipérbaton
Spanish, noun/iˈpeɾbaton/
hipérbaton is spelled H-I-P-É-R-B-A-T-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 174,457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hipérbaton is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of hipérbato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recurso de la retórica y del estilo que consiste en trastocar o desordenar el natural orden sintáctico de la…”.
What does hipérbaton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of hipérbato
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recurso de la retórica y del estilo que consiste en trastocar o desordenar el natural orden sintáctico de la frase.
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 hipérbaton
- hipérbatos plural
- hipérbatons plural
- hiperbatones plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipérbaton?
- /iˈpeɾbaton/
- [iˈpeɾ.β̞a.t̪õn]
- [iˈpeɾβ̞at̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hipérbaton in Spanish?
hipérbaton appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).