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metaplasmo

Spanish, noun/metaˈplasmo/

metaplasmo is spelled M-E-T-A-P-L-A-S-M-O (10 letters). Metaplasmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “figure of speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alteración fonética de una palabra, al agregar, quitar o cambiar sonidos en su uso histórico o retórico”.

What does metaplasmo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefigure of speech

  2. 2

    masculinemetaplasm

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Alteración fonética de una palabra, al agregar, quitar o cambiar sonidos en su uso histórico o retórico.

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 metaplasmo

  • metaplasmos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce metaplasmo?

  • /metaˈplasmo/
  • [me.t̪aˈplaz.mo]
  • [met̪aˈplasmo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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