alicaído

Spanish

Etymology

From ala (“wing”) +‎ caído (“fallen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alikaˈido/ [a.li.kaˈi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ca‧í‧do

Adjective

alicaído (feminine alicaída, masculine plural alicaídos, feminine plural alicaídas)

1. (colloquial) weak, feeble
2. (colloquial) downcast, crestfallen

Related terms

• de capa caída

Further reading

• “alicaído”, 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