jibarizar

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Spanish

Etymology

From jíbaro +‎ -izar, after the Jivaroan peoples' practice of making shrunken heads.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /xibaɾiˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /xibaɾiˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ji‧ba‧ri‧zar

Verb

jibarizar (first-person singular present jibarizo, first-person singular preterite jibaricé, past participle jibarizado)

  1. (colloquial, with a negative connotation) to reduce, to diminish, to shrink, to lessen
    • 1970, Política y espíritu:
      En esa materia, la candidatura del señor Alessandri ha hecho ya su opción: jibarizar nuestra visión de Chile y apelar, en consecuencia, a lo más egoísta, pequeño e irrelevante de los chilenos para entregar una paz ficticia
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    • 1994, Eduardo Labarca Goddard, Butamalón:
      nuestras virtudes se jibarizan y nuestros defectos engordan elefantiásicamente
      our virtues are winnowing away and our defects are mushrooming
    • 2015 July 24, “Si hubiese Gobierno”, in El País:
      Si el Gobierno tuviese presidente, se instalaría en Barcelona, o en Castellfollit de la Roca (se supone que son también España), durante unas semanas, escuchando, hasta tener una idea, un proyecto, una reforma que fuese algo más que hacer nada, jibarizar el Estado autonómico o preanunciar escarmientos.
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