ínfula

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnfula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈinfula/
  • Rhymes: -infula
  • Syllabification: ín‧fu‧la

Noun

ínfula f (plural ínfulas)

  1. (in the plural) vanity
    • 2016 July 3, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, “Gabo y yo”, in Hypermedia Magazine:
      Él iba como de la mano de Eusebio Leal Spengler, ese buitre de sacerdocio ninfómano que era o es el Historiador –Expropiador– de la Ciudad: un déspota decimonónico con ínfulas de castrismo cooltural.
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  2. ribbon on a mitre (hat)

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