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Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps from an obsolete noun tipería, from tipo (“smartened up, dressed up”) + -ería. For the lack of number agreement in spite of having adjective syntax, compare the colours café and naranja, both derived from nouns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tipeˈɾia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: ti‧pe‧rí‧a
Adjective
tipería (invariable)
- (El Salvador) dolled up, smartened up
- Synonym: tipo (El Salvador), arreglado, acicalado
- andar tipería ― to be dolled up
- el hombre más tipería que jamás conocí ― the man most obsessed with looking good I ever met
2021 July 9, “Argelia Quintana, madre de Amada Libertad: «Es la primera vez que lo voy a decir»”, in El Faro:No era la misma, ya no andaba tipería, fue agarrando conciencia, comenzó a leer otro tipo de literatura, ya estaba organizada y luego desapareció- She wasn't the same: now she wouldn't get dolled up anymore, was more conscious, she began to read another kind of literature, she was already a member and then she disappeared
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