gazapo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈθapo/ [ɡaˈθa.po]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈsapo/ [ɡaˈsa.po]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: ga‧za‧po

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Portuguese caçapo, Catalan catxap; these all may be from a substrate language of Iberia, possibly from a theoretical Vulgar Latin *catiappus

Noun

gazapo m (plural gazapos, feminine gazapa, feminine plural gazapas)

1. bunny, young rabbit

Derived terms

• agazapar
• agazaparse

 

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gazapatón.

Noun

gazapo m (plural gazapos)

1. misprint, error
2. gaffe, blooper, error

Further reading

• “gazapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014