renec

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Etymology

Deverbal from renegar.

Pronunciation

Noun

renec m (plural renecs)

  1. curse, expletive
    Synonyms: flastomia, paraulota
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Després va empènyer la porta, que es va obrir amb un renec de tomba faraònica profanada.
      Next he pushed the door, which opened with an expletive like a desecrated pharaonic tomb.
    • 2021 May 28, Mar Bosch Oliveras, “Aigua i sabó”, in EL PAÍS:
      Tinc una amiga que ha perdut el combat contra dues indecències: la del tabac i la dels renecs. Tanmateix, si bé ha estat setmanes sense portar-se cap cigarret als llavis, no ha pogut passar ni un sol dia sense renegar.
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