mastuerzo
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish mastuerço, from Latin nasturtium. Doublet of nasturcio. The variant nastuerzo is influenced by the word's Latin etymon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /masˈtweɾθo/ [masˈt̪weɾ.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /masˈtweɾso/ [masˈt̪weɾ.so]
- Rhymes: -eɾθo
- Rhymes: -eɾso
- Syllabification: mas‧tuer‧zo
Noun
[edit]mastuerzo m (plural mastuerzos)
- cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum)
- Synonym: lepidio
- (derogatory, colloquial, Spain) dumbass
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]mastuerzo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Further reading
[edit]- “mastuerzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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