mesetario

Spanish

Etymology

From meseta (“plateau”) +‎ -ario.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meseˈtaɾjo/ [me.seˈt̪a.ɾjo]
Rhymes: -aɾjo
Syllabification: me‧se‧ta‧rio

Adjective

mesetario (feminine mesetaria, masculine plural mesetarios, feminine plural mesetarias)

(Spain, relational) relating to the Meseta Central plateau (the large interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula)

Noun

mesetario m (plural mesetarios, feminine mesetaria, feminine plural mesetarias)

(Spain, sometimes derogatory) a person from the interior of Spain (i.e. from the Meseta Central plateau), especially someone from Madrid

Usage notes

Primarily used as an insult by speakers from Catalonia, Valencia, and Andalusia.[1]

References

“¿Mesetario un insulto? El orgullo de la España interior ya tiene su camiseta.”, in Soria noticias, 2019: “especialmente por la gente del Levante y de Andalucía”

Further reading

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

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