poesía

/poeˈsia/ · B1 · noun · f

poetry

📜🪶 Poesía = poesy, the old English word for poetry; both from Greek poiesis

Greek poiesis meant making or creating, from poiein, to make. A poet (poeta) is literally a maker. Stress falls on the í: po-e-SÍ-a, four syllables, and the accent mark keeps the i and a apart.

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