gazapo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈθapo/ [ɡaˈθa.po] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈsapo/ [ɡaˈsa.po] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Syllabification: ga‧za‧po

Etymology 1

Unknown, possibly from Paleo-Hispanic. May be derived from Vulgar Latin *captiāre (“hunt”) with a local pre-Roman *-apo diminutive suffix.[1] Cognate with Portuguese caçapo and Catalan catxap.

Noun

gazapo m (plural gazapos, feminine gazapa, feminine plural gazapas)

  1. bunny, young rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gazapatón.

Noun

gazapo m (plural gazapos)

  1. misprint, error
  2. gaffe, blooper, error

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “gazapo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 137–138

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