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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sambeˈnito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: sam‧be‧ni‧to
Etymology 1
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Noun
sambenito m (plural sambenitos)
- stigma (mark of disgrace or embarrassment)
2015 September 17, “¿Está engordando? La culpa puede ser de su casa”, in El País:Con la cacerola presidiendo el mantel estará haciendo un llamamiento a repetir, mientras que del otro modo si quiere servirse otra ración tendrá que molestarse en levantarse, ir a la cocina, quizá calentar la comida y volver de nuevo a la mesa, todo eso mientras el resto de comensales le cuelga de por vida el sambenito de tragón.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
sambenito
- first-person singular present indicative of sambenitar
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