"litotes" meaning in Portuguese

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  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧to‧tes"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        "litotes (an understatement employed for rhetoric effect)"
      ],
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          "litotes",
          "litotes#English"
        ]
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        "(rhetoric) litotes (an understatement employed for rhetoric effect)"
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "invariable",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.tes/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.tɨʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "litotes"
}

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    },
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        "3": "λιτότης"
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "litotes (an understatement employed for rhetoric effect)"
      ],
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        [
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          "rhetoric"
        ],
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          "litotes#English"
        ]
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        "(rhetoric) litotes (an understatement employed for rhetoric effect)"
      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃis/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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    },
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