apabullante

Spanish

Etymology

From apabullar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apabuˈʝante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʝãn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /apabuˈʎante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʎãn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apabuˈʃante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʃãn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apabuˈʒante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʒãn̪.t̪e]

Rhymes: -ante
Syllabification: a‧pa‧bu‧llan‧te

Adjective

apabullante m or f (masculine and feminine plural apabullantes)

overwhelming
Synonyms: abrumador, arrollador
- 2015 July 9, “El acero subsidiado chino pone en jaque a la industria mexicana”, in El País‎:
  La caída del precio del acero por la apabullante oferta china subvencionada lleva tiempo siendo un foco de preocupación dentro de la OCDE .
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“apabullante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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