mastuerzo

Spanish

mastuerzo

Alternative forms

nastuerzo (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mastuerço, from Latin nasturtium. The variant nastuerzo is influenced by the word's Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /masˈtweɾθo/ [masˈt̪weɾ.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /masˈtweɾso/ [masˈt̪weɾ.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾso
Syllabification: mas‧tuer‧zo

Noun

mastuerzo m (plural mastuerzos)

cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum)
Synonym: lepidio
(derogatory, colloquial, Spain) dumbass
Synonyms: tonto, patán, tarugo, zoquete

Derived terms

mastuerzo de Indias

See also

mastuerzo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

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

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