gazmoño
Spanish
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaθˈmoɲo/ [ɡaθ̬ˈmo.ɲo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡasˈmoɲo/ [ɡazˈmo.ɲo]
- Rhymes: -oɲo
- Syllabification: gaz‧mo‧ño
Adjective
editgazmoño (feminine gazmoña, masculine plural gazmoños, feminine plural gazmoñas)
- prudish, sanctimonious
- 2006 (originally 1893), Rafael Delgado, Angelina, Echo Library, page 20:
- Permanecía con la vista baja, con cierto aire gazmoño, sí, gazmoño, que no me causó buena impresión.
- He kept his sight down, with a certain sanctimonious air, yes, sanctimonious, which didn’t give me a good impression.
- 2006 (originally 1893), Rafael Delgado, Angelina, Echo Library, page 20:
Further reading
edit- “gazmoño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28