litotes
Spanish, noun
litotes is spelled L-I-T-O-T-E-S (7 letters). Litotes is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative form of lítote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of litote. With an accent, lítotes is a different word: “alternative form of lítote”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de lítotes”.
What does litotes mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of lítote
- 2
feminineplural of litote
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of lítote
- 2
feminineplural of lítote
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figura retórica por la que se pone énfasis en una afirmación al disimular, disminuir o no expresar todo lo que se quiere dar a entender, generalmente negando su opuesto.
noun: 1. Variante de lítotes.
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.
English words that translate to litotes
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.