bellaquería

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Spanish

Etymology

From bellaco +‎ -ería.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beʝakeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beʎakeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beʃakeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beʒakeˈɾia/

  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: be‧lla‧que‧rí‧a

Noun

bellaquería f (plural bellaquerías)

  1. scoundrelry
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 52:
      Los que los llevan blancos son alegres, traviesos y no causan daños de consideración; no son tan inocentes los que los usan pardos, y llegan a la bellaquería más completa los que los acostumbran negros.
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