"sesquipedal" meaning in Español

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Adjective

IPA: [ses.ki.peˈð̞al] Forms: sesquipedales [plural]
Rhymes: al Etymology: Del latín sesquipedalis; compuesto de sesqui-, ("que tiene una parte y media"), y pedalis, ("referido al pie")
  1. Se dice del verso, frase, palabra o expresión cuya métrica es de un pie y medio.
    Sense id: es-sesquipedal-es-adj-~HZ6U5Ks Categories (other): ES:Literatura Topics: literature
  2. Que tiene pie y medio de largo.
    Sense id: es-sesquipedal-es-adj-G5g6C900 Categories (other): ES:Arquitectura Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: sesquipedalis (Latín)

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Adjetivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras agudas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras provenientes del latín",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras tetrasílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:al",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español-Latín",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del latín sesquipedalis; compuesto de sesqui-, (\"que tiene una parte y media\"), y pedalis, (\"referido al pie\")",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "aguda",
    "longitud silábica": "tetrasílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sesquipedales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ses-qui-pe-dal",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjetivo",
  "raw_tags": [
    "sin género"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Literatura",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Se dice del verso, frase, palabra o expresión cuya métrica es de un pie y medio."
      ],
      "id": "es-sesquipedal-es-adj-~HZ6U5Ks",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "topics": [
        "literature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Arquitectura",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que tiene pie y medio de largo."
      ],
      "id": "es-sesquipedal-es-adj-G5g6C900",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ses.ki.peˈð̞al]"
    },
    {
      "alternative": "sexquipedal",
      "not_same_pronunciation": true
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "al"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Latín",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "sesquipedalis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sesquipedal"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "ES:Adjetivos",
    "ES:Palabras agudas",
    "ES:Palabras provenientes del latín",
    "ES:Palabras tetrasílabas",
    "ES:Rimas:al",
    "Español",
    "Español-Latín"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del latín sesquipedalis; compuesto de sesqui-, (\"que tiene una parte y media\"), y pedalis, (\"referido al pie\")",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "aguda",
    "longitud silábica": "tetrasílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sesquipedales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ses-qui-pe-dal",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjetivo",
  "raw_tags": [
    "sin género"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Literatura"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Se dice del verso, frase, palabra o expresión cuya métrica es de un pie y medio."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "topics": [
        "literature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Arquitectura"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que tiene pie y medio de largo."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ses.ki.peˈð̞al]"
    },
    {
      "alternative": "sexquipedal",
      "not_same_pronunciation": true
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "al"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Latín",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "sesquipedalis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sesquipedal"
}

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