rocambolesco
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rocambolesque.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rocambolesco (feminine rocambolesca, masculine plural rocamboleschi, feminine plural rocambolesche)
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rocambolesque.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rocambolesco (feminine rocambolesca, masculine plural rocambolescos, feminine plural rocambolescas)
- fantastic, unbelievable, far-fetched
- 2021 February 27, Carles Porta, “La farmacéutica de Olot, 492 días secuestrada”, in El País[1], retrieved 2021-02-28:
- Sin embargo ―caprichos del destino― empezaba a asomar otra pesadilla, tan malévola y rocambolesca como la que la precedía o quizá incluso peor.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- odd, bizarre
Further reading[edit]
- “rocambolesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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