ironía

Definitions of ironía
  1. noun
    incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
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    type of:
    inconexión, incongruencia
    the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
  2. noun
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
    synonyms: bufonada, sarcasmo, sorna
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    type of:
    humorada, jocosidad
    a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  3. noun
    a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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    type of:
    tropo
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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