alicaído
Spanish
Etymology
From ala (“wing”) + caído (“fallen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alikaˈido/ [a.li.kaˈi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: a‧li‧ca‧í‧do
Adjective
alicaído (feminine alicaída, masculine plural alicaídos, feminine plural alicaídas)
- (colloquial) weak, feeble
- (colloquial) downcast, crestfallen
Related terms
Further reading
- “alicaído”, 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