gazapo
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈθapo/ [ɡaˈθa.po]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈsapo/ [ɡaˈsa.po]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -apo
- Syllabification: ga‧za‧po
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. Compare Portuguese caçapo, Catalan catxap; these all may be from a substrate language of Iberia, possibly from a theoretical Vulgar Latin *catiappus
Noun edit
gazapo m (plural gazapos, feminine gazapa, feminine plural gazapas)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from gazapatón.
Noun edit
gazapo m (plural gazapos)
Further reading edit
- “gazapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014