Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hipérbaton

Noun

hipérbato m (plural hipérbatos)

1. (grammar) hyperbaton (inversion of the usual order of words or phrases)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• hipérbaton

Etymology

From Latin hyperbaton, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν ‎(huperbatón, “overstepping”), from ὑπέρ ‎(hupér, “over”) + βαίνω ‎(baínō, “I go, move, walk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈpeɾ.βa.to/

Noun

hipérbato m ‎(plural hipérbatos)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) hyperbaton

Derived terms

• hiperbático