adiós mis flores

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “goodbye my flowers”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˌdjos mis ˈfloɾes/ [aˌð̞joz mis ˈflo.ɾes]
  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Syllabification: a‧diós mis flo‧res

Interjection

adiós mis flores

  1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chile, Puerto Rico, Mexico) Used to express surprise, disgust or disappointment for having lost something.

Further reading

  • “flor”, 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
  • “adiós”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
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