recurso

Definitions of recurso
  1. noun
    a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
    synonyms: arbitrio, expediente, medio, resorte, traza, vado
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    interino, medida provisional, suplefaltas, tapaboquetes
    something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
    improvisación
    an unplanned expedient
    type of:
    manera, medio
    how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
  2. noun
    act of turning to for assistance
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    type of:
    auxilio, ayuda
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  3. noun
    something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  4. noun
    something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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    figura retórica
    a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
    anacoluto
    an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
    repetición
    the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
    anástrofe, inversión
    the reversal of the normal order of words
    antífrasis
    the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
    antítesis
    the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
    antonomasia
    substitution of a title for a name
    apóstrofe
    address to an absent or imaginary person
    catacresis
    strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
    quiasmo
    inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
    clímax
    arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
    exclamación
    an exclamatory rhetorical device
    énfasis
    special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
    enálage
    a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')
    corrección, epanortosis
    immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification
    endíadis
    use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
    hipálage
    reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
    hipérbaton
    reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
    lítote
    understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
    onomatopeya
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
    paralipsis
    suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
    polisíndeton
    using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
    prolepsis
    anticipating and answering objections in advance
    tropo
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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    estilo
    a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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