adefesio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad Ephesĭos (“to the Ephesians”), title of an epistle of St. Paul, an allusion to the penalties imposed on the saint in Ephesus during his preaching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adeˈfesjo/ [a.ð̞eˈfe.sjo]
• Rhymes: -esjo
• Syllabification: a‧de‧fe‧sio

Adjective

adefesio m or f (masculine and feminine plural adefesios)

1. ugly, ridiculous

Noun

adefesio m (plural adefesios)

1. ugly, ridiculous person or thing
   • 2017 May 25, Javier Vivas Santana, “Asesinar al pueblo para imponer una dictadura”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     En consecuencia, el madurismo pretende asesinar al chavismo con una puñalada en el corazón de su pensamiento, al intentar derogar la Constitución y sustituirla por un adefesio jurídico que acabe con el protagonismo del pueblo en la toma de sus principales decisiones […]

     Thus, Madurism hopes to kill off Chavism by stabbing it in the heart of its belief, trying to repeal the Constitution and replace it with a legal car crash that does away with the protagonism of the people in its main decision-making.

2. idiotic action

Further reading

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