flipante

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Spanish

Etymology

From flipar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fliˈpante/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: fli‧pan‧te

Adjective

flipante m or f (masculine and feminine plural flipantes)

  1. (Spain, colloquial) amazing, mind-blowing
    Synonyms: alucinante, acojonante
  2. (Spain, colloquial) baffling, puzzling
  3. (Spain, figuratively, colloquial) pleasing

Further reading

  • Félix Rodríguez González (2021) “Anglicismos y formaciones derivadas en español actual”, in Lexis, volume XLV, number 2, →DOI, page 601