acantinflado

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Cantinflas +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akantinˈflado/ [a.kãn̪.t̪ĩɱˈfla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧can‧tin‧fla‧do

Adjective

acantinflado (feminine acantinflada, masculine plural acantinflados, feminine plural acantinfladas)

1. (colloquial, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela) in the style of Cantinflas, a Mexican comedy actor

   Synonym: cantinflesco

Further reading

• “acantinflado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10