papiroflexia

Spanish

Etymology

Compound of papiro (“papyr; paper”) + Latin flexus (“folded”), calque of Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami). Cognate with Catalan papiroflèxia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /papiɾoˈfleɡsja/ [pa.pi.ɾoˈfleɣ̞.sja]
Rhymes: -eɡsja
Syllabification: pa‧pi‧ro‧fle‧xia

Noun

papiroflexia f (plural papiroflexias)

(chiefly uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
- 2015 July 18, “Tres coreógrafos de futuro en Montecarlo”, in El País‎:
  La metáfora de la papiroflexia, los avioncitos de papel, además de ternura aporta una ligereza aérea y grácil.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
Synonym: origami

Coordinate terms

pajarita

Further reading

“papiroflexia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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