anacoluto
Portuguese, noun/a.na.koˈlu.tu/
anacoluto is spelled A-N-A-C-O-L-U-T-O (9 letters). Anacoluto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anacoluthon; anacoluthia (grammatically inconsistent construction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de sintaxe em que um termo se acha como que solto na frase, sem se ligar sintaticamente a outro”.
What does anacoluto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanacoluthon; anacoluthia (grammatically inconsistent construction)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura de sintaxe em que um termo se acha como que solto na frase, sem se ligar sintaticamente a outro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anacoluto
- anacolutos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anacoluto?
- Brazil /a.na.koˈlu.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.nɐ.kuˈlu.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.nɐ.ku.ˈlu.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.