esgarriacries

Verb-object compound, composed of esgarria (“to lead astray”) +‎ cries (“baby animals”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.ɡəˌri.əˈkɾi.əs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.ɣaˌri.aˈkɾi.es]

esgarriacries m or f by sense (invariable)

1. wet blanket, spoilsport

   Synonym: aixafaguitarres

• “esgarriacries”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007