alegoría

Definitions of alegoría
  1. noun
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
    synonyms: apólogo, fábula, parábola
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    type of:
    historia, relato
    a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
  2. noun
    letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
    synonyms: escritura
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    ortografía
    a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
    código
    a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages
    dactilografía, mecanografiado, mecanografía
    writing done with a typewriter
    escritura, letra
    something written by hand
    notación
    a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
    estenografía, taquigrafía
    a method of writing rapidly
    cursiva, cursivo
    rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
    deletreo, grafía, ortografía
    forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
    clave, código
    a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
    jeroglífico
    a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
    caligrafía, pluma
    beautiful handwriting
    escarabajo, garabato, garabatos, garambaina, garrapato
    poor handwriting
    imprenta, impresión tipográfica
    printing from a plate with raised characters
    offset
    a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
    solfa
    (music) notation used by musicians
    coreografía
    a notation used by choreographers
    type of:
    comunicación escrita, lenguaje escrito
    communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
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