pornografía

/poɾnoɡɾaˈfia/ · B2 · noun · f

pornography

🔞 porno (harlot) + grafía (writing) = writing about prostitutes

From Greek pornē (prostitute) + graphein (to write). Spanish pornografía keeps the Greek parts: porno- plus -grafía, as in fotografía. Notice that the ending -grafía appears in many Spanish words about writing or recording.

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