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Spanish
Etymology
From canalla + -esco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kanaˈʝesko/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kanaˈʎesko/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanaˈʃesko/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanaˈʒesko/
- Rhymes: -esko
- Syllabification: ca‧na‧lles‧co
Adjective
canallesco (feminine canallesca, masculine plural canallescos, feminine plural canallescas)
- low, despicable
2015 October 31, “La canallesca”, in El País:Pero ahora vivimos meses de bonanza y el triunfo no tiene más padrino que el club, comprensivo con los aduladores e inflexible con los críticos, que cada vez son más canallas y canallescos, como diría Manolo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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