mostrenco

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Spanish

Etymology

Alteration of mestenco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mosˈtɾenko/
  • Rhymes: -enko
  • Syllabification: mos‧tren‧co

Adjective

mostrenco (feminine mostrenca, masculine plural mostrencos, feminine plural mostrencas)

  1. dumb, idiotic, dense
    • 2015 September 19, “Rompesuelas”, in El País:
      Muchos de los agrestes niños rurales que hace unas décadas salíamos al campo como de safari y volvíamos a casa con las rodillas heridas y una gota de sangre entre las uñas hemos rechazado las costumbres tribales de aquella España negra y mostrenca, de señoritos o de monosabios, donde se nos enseñaba que los animales eran bestias de carga o cría de carne y su destino, el delantal del matarife o la cuchillería del carnicero.
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  2. fat, tubby
  3. ownerless, unclaimed

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