gazmoño
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaθˈmoɲo/ [ɡaθ̬ˈmo.ɲo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡasˈmoɲo/ [ɡazˈmo.ɲo]
- Rhymes: -oɲo
- Syllabification: gaz‧mo‧ño
Adjective edit
gazmoño (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014