todólogo

Spanish

FWOTD – 3 August 2021

Etymology

From todo (“everything”) +‎ -logo (“-logist”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈdoloɡo/ [t̪oˈð̞o.lo.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -oloɡo
  • Syllabification: to‧dó‧lo‧go

Noun

todólogo m (plural todólogos, feminine todóloga, feminine plural todólogas)

  1. (colloquial) jack of all trades
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) know-it-all
    • 2015 November 28, Borja Hermoso, “Mañana ya habré cambiado de opinión”, in El País‎[1]:
      Hay gente que opina de todo y todo el rato, todólogos que solo meten ruido, ¿no cree? ¿No hay demasiado ruido ahí fuera?
      There are people who comment on everything all the time, those know-it-alls who only make noise, don't you think? Isn't there already enough noise out there?

References

  1. ^ “todólogo no necesita comillas”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 4 August 2020

Further reading

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