gazuzo

Spanish

Etymology

From gazuza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈθuθo/ [ɡaˈθu.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈsuso/ [ɡaˈsu.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -uso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ga‧zu‧zo

Adjective

gazuzo (feminine gazuza, masculine plural gazuzos, feminine plural gazuzas)

1. (colloquial) bloodsucking; leeching; scrounging; freeloading
2. (colloquial) astute; shrewd; cunning
3. (colloquial) thievish

Noun

gazuzo m (plural gazuzos, feminine gazuza, feminine plural gazuzas)

1. (colloquial) bloodsucker; leech; scrounger; freeloader
2. (colloquial) an astute, shrewd, cunning person
3. (colloquial) thief

Further reading

• “gazuzo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010