trotacalles
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of trota (“to trot”) + calles (“streets”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾotaˈkaʝes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʝes]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tɾotaˈkaʎes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʎes]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾotaˈkaʃes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʃes]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾotaˈkaʒes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʒes]
- Syllabification: tro‧ta‧ca‧lles
Noun edit
trotacalles m or f by sense (plural trotacalles)
- flaneur
- Synonym: azotacalles
Further reading edit
- “trotacalles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014