paronomásia
Portuguese, noun
paronomásia is spelled P-A-R-O-N-O-M-Á-S-I-A (11 letters). Paronomásia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “paronomasia (pun created using a combination of words that share a similar pronunciation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de linguagem que consiste no uso de parônimos numa frase ou num texto; paranomásia”.
What does paronomásia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparonomasia (pun created using a combination of words that share a similar pronunciation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura de linguagem que consiste no uso de parônimos numa frase ou num texto; paranomásia
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 paronomásia
- paronomásias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).