gazuzo
Spanish
Etymology
From gazuza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈθuθo/ [ɡaˈθu.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈsuso/ [ɡaˈsu.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -uso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ga‧zu‧zo
Adjective
gazuzo (feminine gazuza, masculine plural gazuzos, feminine plural gazuzas)
- (colloquial) bloodsucking; leeching; scrounging; freeloading
- (colloquial) astute; shrewd; cunning
- (colloquial) thievish
Noun
gazuzo m (plural gazuzos, feminine gazuza, feminine plural gazuzas)
- (colloquial) bloodsucker; leech; scrounger; freeloader
- (colloquial) an astute, shrewd, cunning person
- (colloquial) thief
Further reading
- “gazuzo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010