apayasado

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ payaso +‎ -ado, or from apayasar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /apaʝaˈsado/ [a.pa.ʝaˈsa.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /apaʝaˈsado/ [a.pa.ʝaˈsa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apaʃaˈsado/ [a.pa.ʃaˈsa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apaʒaˈsado/ [a.pa.ʒaˈsa.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧ya‧sa‧do

Adjective

apayasado (feminine apayasada, masculine plural apayasados, feminine plural apayasadas)

1. silly, clownlike
   • 2015 October 29, “Opinión”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Demasiado sentimental y apayasado para mi gusto: me recordaba a un viejo Peter Ustinov .

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Participle

apayasado (feminine apayasada, masculine plural apayasados, feminine plural apayasadas)

1. past participle of apayasar