cotilleo

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See also: cotilleó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kotiˈʝeo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kotiˈʎeo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kotiˈʃeo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kotiˈʒeo/

  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: co‧ti‧lle‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cotillear.

Noun

cotilleo m (plural cotilleos)

  1. gossip
    Synonyms: chisme, pelambre, copucha, salseo
    • 2020 October 7, “Las jugosas memorias de Perez Hilton, el bloguero más escandaloso, entre el cotilleo y el ‘mea culpa’”, in El País:
      Sus cotilleos, comentarios sarcásticos y mensajitos con Photoshop sobre las fotos de las estrellas llegaron a convertir a PerezHilton.com durante años en el portal de cotilleo más famoso del mundo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cotilleo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cotillear

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