chisgarabís
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
chisgarabís m or f by sense (plural chisgarabises)
- whippersnapper; young'un
- Synonym: chiquilicuatre
- 2017 July 14, “La neurótica red de espejos”, in Vanguardia[1]:
- Y cuando digo “personaje público” no me refiero a cualquier chisgarabís de esos que creen serlo porque salen en televisión o posan con ropa ligera en las revistas.
- And when I say "public character" I'm not referring to just any old whippersnapper who thinks they've made it because they've been on the telly or appeared scantily clad in magazines.
Further reading edit
- “chisgarabís”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014