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Spanish
Etymology
From deleznar (“to slip”) + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deleθˈnable/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /delesˈnable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: de‧lez‧na‧ble
Adjective
deleznable m or f (masculine and feminine plural deleznables)
- worthless, useless, good-for-nothing
1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:El que viese aquellos cañutos dorados, ligeros y deleznables como las ilusiones de la niñez, no podía figurarse el trabajo ímprobo que representaba su elaboración.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- weak (of a material)
- slippery
- appalling
- contemptible
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