Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From flipar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fliˈpante/ [fliˈpãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: fli‧pan‧te

Adjective edit

flipante m or f (masculine and feminine plural flipantes)

  1. (Spain, colloquial) amazing, mind-blowing
    Synonyms: alucinante, acojonante
  2. (Spain, colloquial) baffling, puzzling
  3. (Spain, figuratively, colloquial) pleasing

Further reading edit

  • Félix Rodríguez González (2021) “Anglicismos y formaciones derivadas en español actual”, in Lexis[1], volume XLV, number 2, →DOI, page 601