gazmoño
Spanish
FWOTD – 23 March 2013
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ɡaθˈmoɲo/, [ɡaθ̬ˈmoɲo]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ɡasˈmoɲo/, [ɡazˈmoɲo]
Adjective
gazmoño (feminine singular gazmoña, masculine plural gazmoños, feminine plural gazmoñas)
- prudish, sanctimonious
- 2006 (originally 1893), Rafael Delgado, Angelina, Echo Library, page 20:
- Permanecía con la vista baja, con cierto aire gazmoño, sí, gazmoño, que no me causó buena impresión.
- He kept his sight down, with a certain sanctimonious air, yes, sanctimonious, which didn’t give me a good impression.
- Permanecía con la vista baja, con cierto aire gazmoño, sí, gazmoño, que no me causó buena impresión.
- 2006 (originally 1893), Rafael Delgado, Angelina, Echo Library, page 20:
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