paleto
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From paleta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]paleto (feminine paleta, masculine plural paletos, feminine plural paletas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy, country bumpkin
- Synonyms: bruto, huaso, palurdo, rústico, maleducado
Noun
[edit]paleto m (plural paletos, feminine paleta, feminine plural paletas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) hick, yokel, hillbilly (illiterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant)
Further reading
[edit]- “paleto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014