circunflejo

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiɾkunˈflexo/ [θiɾ.kũɱˈfle.xo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siɾkunˈflexo/ [siɾ.kũɱˈfle.xo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: cir‧cun‧fle‧jo

Adjective

circunflejo (feminine circunfleja, masculine plural circunflejos, feminine plural circunflejas)

1. circumflex

Noun

circunflejo m (plural circunflejos)

1. circumflex

   Synonym: acento circunflejo

Further reading

• “circunflejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025