gazapo
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈθapo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaˈsapo/
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -apo
- Syllabification: ga‧za‧po
Etymology 1
Unknown. Compare Portuguese caçapo, Catalan catxap; these all may be from a substrate language of Iberia, possibly from a theoretical Vulgar Latin *catiappus
Noun
gazapo m (plural gazapos, feminine gazapa, feminine plural gazapas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from gazapatón.
Noun
gazapo m (plural gazapos)
Further reading
- “gazapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16