mesetario

Spanish

Etymology

From meseta (“plateau”) +‎ -ario.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meseˈtaɾjo/ [me.seˈt̪a.ɾjo]
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: me‧se‧ta‧rio

Adjective

mesetario (feminine mesetaria, masculine plural mesetarios, feminine plural mesetarias)

  1. (Spain, relational) relating to the Meseta Central plateau (the large interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula)

Noun

mesetario m (plural mesetarios, feminine mesetaria, feminine plural mesetarias)

  1. (Spain, sometimes derogatory) a person from the interior of Spain (i.e. from the Meseta Central plateau), especially someone from Madrid

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ “¿Mesetario un insulto? El orgullo de la España interior ya tiene su camiseta.”, in Soria noticias, 2019: “especialmente por la gente del Levante y de Andalucía”

Further reading

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