cuelgue
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwelɡe/ [ˈkwel.ɣ̞e]
- Rhymes: -elɡe
- Syllabification: cuel‧gue
Etymology 1
Deverbal from colgar.
Noun
cuelgue m (plural cuelgues)
- (colloquial) trip (altered state caused by a drug)
- Synonym: trip
- 2022 April 23, Carlos Boyero, “Ultracuerpos”, in El País[1]:
- Es grato imaginarte a los ultracuerpos como voraces consumidores de las plataformas. Debe de suponer un cuelgue permanente y afrodisiaco.
- It's nice to imagine the ultrabodies as voracious consumers of the platforms. It must involve a permanent and aphrodisiac trip.
Etymology 2
Verb
cuelgue
- inflection of colgar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cuelgue”, 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