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Summary

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litotes:
- Wiktionary:
  litotes → litote
  litotes → atenuación, litotes, lítote
- Synonyms for "litotes":
  meiosis; rhetorical device; understatement

Spanish to English: more detail...

litotes:
- Wiktionary:
  litotes → litotes

English

Detailed Translations for litotes from English to Spanish

Spelling Suggestions for: litotes

litters; lingoes; lies; locates; litanies; litmus; legates; lilies; likes; lines

litotes:

Translation Matrix for litotes:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	meiosis

Synonyms for "litotes":

meiosis; rhetorical device; understatement

Related Definitions for "litotes":

understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)¹
- saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes¹

Wiktionary Translations for litotes:

litotes

noun

rhetoric: emphasizing a statement by denying its opposite
- litotes → litote

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• litotes	→ atenuación; litotes	↔ Litotes — stilistisches Mittel der Hervorhebung durch Verneinung des Gegenteils
• litotes	→ lítote	↔ litote — rhéto\|nocat=1 figure de sens qui consiste, par modestie ou par égard, à dire moins pour faire entendre plus, le verbe étant souvent à la forme négative.

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Spanish

Suggestions for litotes in Spanish

Spelling Suggestions for: litotes

ligones; licores; limones; lingotes; listones; licites; limites; lotes; literas; linces

Wiktionary Translations for litotes:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• litotes	→ litotes	↔ Litotes — stilistisches Mittel der Hervorhebung durch Verneinung des Gegenteils

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