alebrije

Spanish

Alebrijes

Etymology

Originating in the 1930s. A nonsense word, heard by Pedro Linares — the original creator of alebrijes — in his dreams when he was sick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈbɾixe/ [a.leˈβ̞ɾi.xe]
• Rhymes: -ixe
• Syllabification: a‧le‧bri‧je

Noun

alebrije m (plural alebrijes)

1. a brightly colored Mexican handcrafted sculpture of an animal or fantastical creature

Further reading

• “alebrije”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• alebrije on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es