gilipollez

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish gilí

Spanish polla

Spanish gilipollas

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

blend

Latin -itiēs

Spanish -ez

Spanish gilipollez

From gilipollas + -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʝeθ/ [xi.li.poˈʝeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʝeθ/ [xi.li.poˈʝeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʎeθ/ [xi.li.poˈʎeθ] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʝes/ [xi.li.poˈʝes] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʝes/ [xi.li.poˈʝes] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʎes/ [xi.li.poˈʎes] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʃes/ [xi.li.poˈʃes] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈʒes/ [xi.li.poˈʒes] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /xilipoˈes/ [xi.li.poˈes] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: gi‧li‧po‧llez

Noun

gilipollez f (plural gilipolleces)

1. (Spain, vulgar) stupid thing

   Synonyms: estupidez, tontería, bobada, (Argentina, Uruguay) pelotudez

Related terms

• gilipollas
• gilipollear

Further reading

• “gilipollez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025