huelepega
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of huele (“to smell”) + pega (“glue”). Literally, “glue-smeller”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌw̝eleˈpeɡa/ [ˌw̝e.leˈpe.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɡa
- Syllabification: hue‧le‧pe‧ga
Noun
huelepega m or f by sense (plural huelepegas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) a person who drugs themself by sniffing synthetic glue
Further reading
- “huelepega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “huelepega”, 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