mataburro
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + burro (“donkeys, dummies”), literally “dummy killer”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌmataˈburo/ [ˌma.t̪aˈβ̞u.ro]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -uro
- Syllabification: ma‧ta‧bu‧rro
Noun
[edit]mataburro m (plural mataburros)
- (colloquial) alternative form of mataburros meaning:
Further reading
[edit]- “mataburro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “mataburro”, 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
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