anapesto
Portuguese, noun/a.naˈpes.tu/
anapesto is spelled A-N-A-P-E-S-T-O (8 letters). Anapesto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anapest (metrical foot consisting of two short syllables and a long one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade rítmica de poema composta por duas sílabas breves e uma longa”.
What does anapesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanapest (metrical foot consisting of two short syllables and a long one)
- 2
masculineanapest (verse using this meter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade rítmica de poema composta por duas sílabas breves e uma longa
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 anapesto
- anapestos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anapesto?
- Brazil /a.naˈpes.tu/
- /a.naˈpeʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.nɐˈpeʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.