Spanish

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ payaso +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /apaʝaˈsaɾ/ [a.pa.ʝaˈsaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apaʃaˈsaɾ/ [a.pa.ʃaˈsaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apaʒaˈsaɾ/ [a.pa.ʒaˈsaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧ya‧sar

Verb

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apayasar (first-person singular present apayaso, first-person singular preterite apayasé, past participle apayasado)

  1. (transitive) to make clownlike
  2. (reflexive) to clown about

Conjugation

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Further reading

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