albardán

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic البَرْدَان (al-bardān, “cold”) in an unattested Andalusian Arabic slang sense.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdan/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞ãn]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: al‧bar‧dán

Noun edit

albardán m (plural albardanes)

buffoon
Synonyms: bufón, mamarracho, payaso

Further reading edit

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

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