frase

Definitions of frase
  1. noun
    text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
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    encabezamiento
    a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
    data
    a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch
    verso
    a line of metrical text
    gag
    the point of a joke or humorous story
    papel
    words making up the dialogue of a play
    frase pegadiza
    a very short speech; usually on radio or television
    cabeza, epígrafe, rubro, titular
    the heading or caption of a newspaper article
    lema
    the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
    rúbrica
    a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
    encabezamiento normal
    a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
    acápite, subtítulo
    a heading of a subdivision of a text
    alejandrino
    (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
    yambo
    a verse line consisting of iambs
    aparte
    a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
    apunte, pie
    an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
    pentámetro
    a verse line having five metrical feet
    hexámetro
    a verse line having six metrical feet
    octosílabo
    a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
    decasílabo
    a verse line having ten syllables
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    texto
    the words of something written
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