exclamación

Definitions of exclamación
  1. noun
    a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
    synonyms: admiración, signo de admiración, signo de exclamación
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    type of:
    signo de puntuación
    the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
  2. noun
    an exclamatory rhetorical device
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    type of:
    figura retórica
    a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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