mesetario

Spanish

Etymology

From meseta (“plateau”) +‎ -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meseˈtaɾjo/ [me.seˈt̪a.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: me‧se‧ta‧rio

Adjective

mesetario (feminine mesetaria, masculine plural mesetarios, feminine plural mesetarias)

1. (Spain, relational) relating to the Meseta Central plateau (the large interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula)

Noun

mesetario m (plural mesetarios, feminine mesetaria, feminine plural mesetarias)

1. (Spain, sometimes derogatory) a person from the interior of Spain (i.e. from the Meseta Central plateau), especially someone from Madrid

Usage notes

• Primarily used as an insult by speakers from Catalonia, Valencia, and Andalusia.

Further reading

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