pesadillesco

Spanish

Etymology

From pesadilla +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pesadiˈʝesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʝes.ko]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pesadiˈʎesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʎes.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pesadiˈʃesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʃes.ko]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pesadiˈʒesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʒes.ko]

  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Syllabification: pe‧sa‧di‧lles‧co

Adjective

pesadillesco (feminine pesadillesca, masculine plural pesadillescos, feminine plural pesadillescas)

  1. nightmarish
    Synonym: apesadillado
    • 2015 November 21, “Columna”, in El País‎:
      O de cuento de Navidad tan pesadillesco como el del señor Scrooge de Dickens.
      ...or of a Christmas story as nightmarish as that of Mr. Scrooge by Dickens.
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