apabullante

Spanish

Etymology

From apabullar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /apabuˈʝante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʝãn̪.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apabuˈʝante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʝãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /apabuˈʎante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʎãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apabuˈʃante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʃãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apabuˈʒante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʒãn̪.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧bu‧llan‧te

Adjective

apabullante m or f (masculine and feminine plural apabullantes)

1. overwhelming

   Synonyms: abrumador, arrollador

   • 2015 July 9, “El acero subsidiado chino pone en jaque a la industria mexicana”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La caída del precio del acero por la apabullante oferta china subvencionada lleva tiempo siendo un foco de preocupación dentro de la OCDE .

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Further reading

• “apabullante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16