vahído

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Spanish

Etymology

From vaguido.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: va‧hí‧do

Noun

vahído m (plural vahídos)

  1. short blackout; fainting
    • 2017, Guillermo Valcárcel, Sombras que cruzan América:
      Con las rodillas y los codos en el suelo se encoge hasta volver en sí, se incorpora apoyándose en la mesa y se dirige a la cocina: «Un vahído, ha sido un vahído. Necesito azúcar».
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  2. dizziness, dizzy spell
    Synonym: vaguido
    • 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno:
      -Ésta no puede ir a la cocina -dijo D. Pedro-. Le dan vahídos.
      "This one can't go in the kitchen", said Don Pedro. "They make her dizzy".
    • 2017, Liza Rosas Bustos, José Antonio Alías García, Mounstruocity, page 133:
      Provengo de una familia numerosa y la idea de verme enfrentada a diario con un invasor en mi dominio doméstico me provoca vahídos.
      I come from a large family and the idea of facing an invader in my domain every day gives me the shudders.

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