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Meaning of culteranismo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order.

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C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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