cusumbosolo

Spanish

Etymology

Compound of cusumbo (“coati”) +‎ solo (“lonely”). The "asocial" sense is derived from the "coati" sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˌsumboˈsolo/ [kuˌsũm.boˈso.lo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification: cu‧sum‧bo‧so‧lo

Noun

cusumbosolo m (plural cusumbosolos)

  1. (Colombia) the South American coati [from early 20th c.]

Noun

cusumbosolo m (plural cusumbosolos, feminine cusumbosola, feminine plural cusumbosolas)

  1. (Colombia, colloquial) an asocial person [from early 20th c.]

Further reading

  • “cusumbosolo”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 7th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 31 August 2019, →ISSN
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