enyegüecido

Spanish

Etymology

From *enyegüecer +‎ -ido, literally “to be "heifered"”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enʝeɡweˈθido/ [ẽɲ.ɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞weˈθi.ð̞o] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /enʝeɡweˈsido/ [ẽɲ.ɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞weˈsi.ð̞o] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
 
  • IPA(key): /enʃeɡweˈsido/ [ẽnʲ.ʃe.ɣ̞weˈsi.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /enʒeɡweˈsido/ [ẽnʲ.ʒe.ɣ̞weˈsi.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: en‧ye‧güe‧ci‧do

Adjective

enyegüecido (feminine enyegüecida, masculine plural enyegüecidos, feminine plural enyegüecidas)

  1. (Chile, colloquial) smitten, obsessed, hyperfocused; of or relating to love goggles, tunnel vision, love is blind
    • 2011, Seigi Miranda, La Cuarta, link:
      Oso polar enyegüecido mató turista en Noruega
      Smitten polar bear killed tourist in Norway
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