desconfiado como gallo tuerto

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “untrustworthy as a one-eyed rooster”.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /deskonˌfjado ˌkomo ˌɡaʝo ˈtweɾto/ [d̪es.kõɱˌfja.ð̞o ˌko.mo ˌɣ̞a.ʝo ˈt̪weɾ.t̪o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /deskonˌfjado ˌkomo ˌɡaʎo ˈtweɾto/ [d̪es.kõɱˌfja.ð̞o ˌko.mo ˌɣ̞a.ʎo ˈt̪weɾ.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /deskonˌfjado ˌkomo ˌɡaʃo ˈtweɾto/ [d̪es.kõɱˌfja.ð̞o ˌko.mo ˌɣ̞a.ʃo ˈt̪weɾ.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /deskonˌfjado ˌkomo ˌɡaʒo ˈtweɾto/ [d̪es.kõɱˌfja.ð̞o ˌko.mo ˌɣ̞a.ʒo ˈt̪weɾ.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: des‧con‧fia‧do co‧mo ga‧llo tuer‧to

Adjective

desconfiado como gallo tuerto (feminine desconfiada como gallo tuerto, masculine plural desconfiados como gallo tuerto, feminine plural desconfiadas como gallo tuerto)

  1. (Argentina, simile) very untrustworthy

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