galimatías

See also: galimatias

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French galimatias, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡalimaˈtias/ [ɡa.li.maˈt̪i.as]
  • Rhymes: -ias
  • Syllabification: ga‧li‧ma‧tí‧as

Noun

galimatías m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) gibberish, nonsense, jumble
    • 2020 September 6, “Las comunidades autónomas buscan a la desesperada reclutar a 39.000 profesores”, in El País‎[1]:
      El proceso es un galimatías. La primera opción para la mayoría de comunidades es recurrir a las listas de los que no consiguieron plaza en otras oposiciones.
      The process is nonsense. The first option for most communities is to use the lists of those who did not get a place in other competitions.
  2. (colloquial) gallimaufry

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