paréntesis

See also: parentesis, parèntesis, and parêntesis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾentesis/ [paˈɾẽn̪.t̪e.sis]
• Rhymes: -entesis
• Syllabification: pa‧rén‧te‧sis

Noun

paréntesis m (plural paréntesis)

1. parenthesis
2. break, gap (period of temporal interruption)

   Synonyms: hiato, interrupción

Derived terms

• parentético
• paréntesis angular
• paréntesis redondos or curvos or comunes or normales: ( )
• paréntesis cuadrados or rectangulares or rectos (= corchetes): [ ]
• paréntesis agudos or triangulares or en ángulo (= ángulos): 〈 〉 / < >

Further reading

• “paréntesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28