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)

  1. 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.
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