novatada

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Spanish

Etymology

From novato +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nobaˈtada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: no‧va‧ta‧da

Noun

novatada f (plural novatadas)

  1. (often in the plural) student prank, rag, ragging, haze, hazing
    • 2015 July 17, “La lección del maestro”, in El País:
      El encanto apenas duró; al instante siguiente comprendí: aquel gamberro maravilloso no era un profesor sino un alumno, aquello era una de las célebres novatadas que los estudiantes de último curso gastaban a los de primero, todo era una trampa para incautos.
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    • 2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo, Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País:
      La gallega Loreto González-Dopeso, psicóloga y presidenta de la asociación No Más Novatadas, que recibe las denuncias de alumnos vejados de toda España, sostiene: “En las novatadas, un grupo de veteranos induce a los nuevos a hacer un tipo de cosas para teóricamente ganarse la integración en el grupo. []
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  2. blunder, newbie error, rookie mistake

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