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hypallage

/haɪˈpæl.ə.dʒi/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa una figura retórica en la que la concordancia sintáctica entre dos términos se altera o intercambia, atribuyendo a una palabra lo que corresponde a otra, como en «el rostro de su belleza» en lugar de «la belleza de su rostro».

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noun

C2formalcommonart/haɪˈpæl.ə.dʒi/

A noun referring to a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is reversed, such as in the phrase 'her beauty's face' instead of 'her face's beauty'.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una figura retórica en la que la concordancia sintáctica entre dos términos se altera o intercambia, atribuyendo a una palabra lo que corresponde a otra, como en «el rostro de su belleza» en lugar de «la belleza de su rostro».
  1. Rhetorical figure C2 formal

    A figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is reversed, often transferring an epithet from a more appropriate noun to another, as in 'her beauty's face' instead of 'her face's beauty'.

    • The poet used hypallage in the line 'the restless night' to describe a person's insomnia.
    • In 'the condemned cell', hypallage transfers the judgment from the prisoner to the cell.
    • Classical literature often employs hypallage for stylistic effect, such as 'the happy morning'.

    🇪🇸Hipálage

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