castillo de naipes

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kasˌtiʝo de ˈnaipes/ [kasˌt̪i.ʝo ð̞e ˈnai̯.pes] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kasˌtiʎo de ˈnaipes/ [kasˌt̪i.ʎo ð̞e ˈnai̯.pes] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kasˌtiʃo de ˈnaipes/ [kasˌt̪i.ʃo ð̞e ˈnai̯.pes] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kasˌtiʒo de ˈnaipes/ [kasˌt̪i.ʒo ð̞e ˈnai̯.pes] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: cas‧ti‧llo de nai‧pes

Noun

castillo de naipes m (plural castillos de naipes)

  1. house of cards (structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other)
  2. (figurative) house of cards (unstable structure or organisation)
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