aspaviento

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aspaˈbjento/ [as.paˈβ̞jẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: as‧pa‧vien‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from aspaventar (“to scare”).

Noun

aspaviento m (plural aspavientos)

1. (often in the plural) fuss, ado

   hacer aspavientos ― to make a fuss

   Entró en el local con grandes aspavientos, sintiéndose la reina de la fiesta.

   She entered the place with wild gesticulations, feeling as the queen of the party.

Derived terms

• aspaventero
• aspaventoso
• hacer aspavientos

 

Etymology 2

Verb

aspaviento

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspaventar

Further reading

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