hazmerreír

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, make-me-laugh. From hazme, from the verb hacer, + reír.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθmereˈiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asmereˈiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: haz‧me‧rre‧ír

Noun

hazmerreír m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) laughingstock
    Synonym: burla
    Su padre era el hazmerreír del pueblo.
    His father was the town's laughingstock.
    • 2021 July 14, Juan Sanguino, “Curvas y músculos pero nada de sexo: por qué los héroes de Hollywood han abrazado el celibato”, in El País, retrieved 2021-07-15:
      Aquella polémica fue uno de los factores que convirtió Wonder Woman 1984 en un hazmerreír y le dio la razón a Marvel: ante la duda, es más prudente eliminar el sexo por completo.
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