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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin lēgulēius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /leɡuˈleʝo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /leɡuˈleʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /leɡuˈleʒo/
- Rhymes: -eʝo
- Syllabification: le‧gu‧le‧yo
Adjective
leguleyo (feminine leguleya, masculine plural leguleyos, feminine plural leguleyas)
- pettifoggery, pettifogging
Noun
leguleyo m (plural leguleyos, feminine leguleya, feminine plural leguleyas)
- pettifogger (unethical lawyer)
2015 October 23, “Tribuna”, in El País:Lo necesita para entregarlo a su legión de cabalistas y leguleyos, y dudo que les permita salir a la luz hasta que estos no produzcan un paquete de argumentos que le sirvan para seguir incendiando el Congreso, la plaza pública y el país con sus invectivas contra el acuerdo, tal como viene haciendo con lo que ya se conoce de él.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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