gentuza

Spanish

Etymology

From gente +‎ -uza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xenˈtuθa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪u.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xenˈtusa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪u.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: gen‧tu‧za

Noun

gentuza f (uncountable)

1. (derogatory, collective) Pejorative of gente; rabble, riffraff, scum, dregs

Further reading

• “gentuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014