Figura o juego de palabras que consiste en combinar dentro de una frase o un párrafo vocablos con sonido similar pero significado diferente (parónimos).
wittiness, refinement, stylishness, easygoing-ness · stylish and fashionable dress, good style in one's clothing · short for 洒落女 (share onna): an unlicensed prostitute during the Edo period
köken: Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 洒(しゃ)落(れ)る (shareru, “to be witty; to be stylish or dapper”). The spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)), ultimately from Chinese 灑落 /洒落 (sǎluò, “confident and at ease; natural and elegant”). First cited to the late 1600s.
köken: First attested in 1817. From szó (“word”) + játék (“play”). Calque of German Wortspiel. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Etymology tree English wordbor. German Wortbor. Yiddish וואָרט (vort)bor. Esperanto vorto Esperanto ludo Esperanto vortludo From vorto (“word”) + ludo (“game”). Compare French jeu de mots, German Wortspiel, Polish gra słów, Russian игра слов (igra slov), Italian gioco di parole, Yiddish ווערטערשפּיל (vertershpil).