"apología" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /apoloˈxia/, [a.po.loˈxi.a] Forms: apologías [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). In the “expression of remorse” sense, a calque of English apology, and most common in Llanito, considered a proscribed false friend otherwise. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la-lat|apologia}} Borrowed from Late Latin apologia, {{der|es|grc|ἀπολογία||a speech in defence}} Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), {{clq|es|en|apology|nocap=1}} calque of English apology Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} apología f (plural apologías)
  1. apology (a justification or defense) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-apología-es-noun-9wjHECnn
  2. (Llanito, US, California, New Mexico, otherwise proscribed) apology (an excuse or expression of remorse for a wrongdoing) Tags: California, US, feminine
    Sense id: en-apología-es-noun-09CCjc5A Categories (other): Californian Spanish, Llanito, New Mexican Spanish, United States Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apologética, apologético, apologista

Inflected forms

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    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Late Latin",
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    "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
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Download raw JSONL data for apología meaning in Spanish (2.6kB)

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