mastuerzo

Spanish

mastuerzo

Alternative forms

• nastuerzo (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mastuerço, from Latin nasturtium. The variant nastuerzo is influenced by the word's Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /masˈtweɾθo/ [masˈt̪weɾ.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /masˈtweɾso/ [masˈt̪weɾ.so]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: mas‧tuer‧zo

Noun

mastuerzo m (plural mastuerzos)

1. cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum)

   Synonym: lepidio

2. (derogatory, colloquial, Spain) dumbass

   Synonyms: tonto, patán, tarugo, zoquete

Derived terms

• mastuerzo de Indias

 

See also

• mastuerzo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

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