metáfora (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

Español > 2 sentidos de la palabra *metáfora*:
NOMBRE	communication	metáfora, imagen, tropo	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
communication	metáfora, metáforo	a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Español > *metáfora*: 2 sentidos > nombre 1, communication
Sentido	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
Sinónimos	imagen, tropo
Específico	ceugma, zeugma	Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one
	exageración, hipérbole	extravagant exaggeration
	ironía	A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
	kenning	conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
	metonimia, metonímia	Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')
	metáfora, metáforo	A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
	oxímoron	conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
	personificación, prosopopeya	representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
	simile, símil	A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
	sinécdoque	Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
General	figura retórica	A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Uso	acierto, diana	Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
	efecto dominó	The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall / fall)
	limpieza de casa	(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
	madrugada	An opening time period
	megahit, taquillazo, taquillera	An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
	tarde	A later concluding time period
	timón	A position of leadership
	éxito inesperado, sorpresa	An unexpected hit
Inglés	trope, figure of speech, figure, image
Catalán	imatge, trop, tropo
Adjetivo	tropical	Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes

Español > *metáfora*: 2 sentidos > nombre 2, communication
Sentido	A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
Sinónimo	metáforo
Específico	metáfora muerta	A metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning / meaning of the expression (e.g., 'he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word 'snake')
Específico	sinestesia	A metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
General	imagen, metáfora, tropo	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Inglés	metaphor
Catalán	metàfora
Adjetivo	metafórico	Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

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