zonzo
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
zonzo
- Only used in andare a zonzo
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθonθo/ [ˈθõn̟.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsonso/ [ˈsõn.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -onθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -onso
- Syllabification: zon‧zo
Adjective[edit]
zonzo (feminine zonza, masculine plural zonzos, feminine plural zonzas)
Noun[edit]
zonzo m (plural zonzos, feminine zonza, feminine plural zonzas)
Usage notes[edit]
- Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: sonso
Further reading[edit]
- “zonzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ondzo
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onθo
- Rhymes:Spanish/onθo/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/onso
- Rhymes:Spanish/onso/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns