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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bereˈtin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: be‧rre‧tín
Etymology 1
Derived from Ligurian berettin, beretín (literally “cap”). A Cocoliche semantic loan from French béguin (“crush”, literally “bonnet”).[1]
Noun
berretín f (plural berretines)
- (Rioplatense, Paraguay) béguin, infatuation
- Synonym: infatuación
- (Rioplatense, Paraguay) hat, cap
Etymology 2
Derived from baratín (“A bag containing worthless paper said to contain cash”),
from Italian barattina (“A swapping of an object with a worthless counterfeit”).[1]
Noun
berretín f (plural berretines)
- (Lunfardo) a counterfeit; fake
- Synonym: falsificación
- (Rioplatense, rare) an exaggeration of one's abilities
Etymology 3
Derived from Italian berretino (“pocket”).[1]
Noun
berretín f (plural berretines)
- (Lunfardo, criminal slang) a hideout
- (Lunfardo, prison slang) an anus (where one would hide valuables)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Javier Simón Casas (1991) “Algunos Italianismos en el Lunfardo [Some Italianisms in Lunfardo]”, in Estudios de Lingüística de Universidad de Alicante [Alicante University Linguistics Studies] (in Spanish), page 31
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