paleto
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From paleta.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
paleto (feminine paleta, masculine plural paletos, feminine plural paletas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy, country bumpkin
- Synonyms: bruto, huaso, palurdo, rústico, maleducado
Noun edit
paleto m (plural paletos, feminine paleta, feminine plural paletas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) hick, yokel, hillbilly (illiterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant)
Further reading edit
- “paleto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014