periphrastic in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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perifrástico (perifrástica)
periphrastic
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In some languages, participles can be used in the periphrastic formation of compound verb tenses, aspects or voices.
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A given inflected one-word catena corresponds to a periphrastic multiple-word catena.
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In the early 1970s we were gripped by the periphrastic Age of Aquarius.
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It is not used to indicate completed punctual events that have relevance for the present; instead the (periphrastic) present perfect is used in this role.
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The gerundive "delendus" functions as a predicative adjective in this construction, which is known as a passive periphrastic.
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