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): /papiɾofˈleɡsja/, [papiɾofˈleɣsja]
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
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