rocambolesco
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French rocambolesque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro.kam.boˈle.sko/
- Rhymes: -esko
- Hyphenation: ro‧cam‧bo‧lé‧sco
Adjective
rocambolesco (feminine rocambolesca, masculine plural rocamboleschi, feminine plural rocambolesche)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- recambolesco (Chile)
Etymology
Borrowed from French rocambolesque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rokamboˈlesko/ [ro.kãm.boˈles.ko]
- Rhymes: -esko
- Syllabification: ro‧cam‧bo‧les‧co
Adjective
rocambolesco (feminine rocambolesca, masculine plural rocambolescos, feminine plural rocambolescas)
- fantastic, unbelievable, far-fetched
- 2021 February 27, Carles Porta, “La farmacéutica de Olot, 492 días secuestrada”, in El País, retrieved 2021-02-28:
- Sin embargo ―caprichos del destino― empezaba a asomar otra pesadilla, tan malévola y rocambolesca como la que la precedía o quizá incluso peor.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- odd, bizarre
Further reading
- “rocambolesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.