leído y escribido

Spanish

Etymology

Compound of leído, which can mean either "read" or "well-read", and escribido, which is a (deliberately) misconjugated past participle form of escribir ("to write"). The phrase literally translates roughly as "well-read and well-wroten".

Adjective

leído y escribido (feminine leída y escribida, masculine plural leídos y escribidos, feminine plural leídas y escribidas)

  1. (ironic or humorous) learned
  2. (ironic or derogatory) boastful about one's own supposed learnedness

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