mojigato
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mojigato (feminine mojigata, masculine plural mojigatos, feminine plural mojigatas)
- sanctimonious (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- prim; prudish
- Synonym: pudibundo
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Further reading edit
- “mojigato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014