amansaburros

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of amansa (“to tame”) +‎ burros (“donkeys”). Literally, “donkey-tamer”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amansaˈburos/ [a.mãn.saˈβ̞u.ros]
• Rhymes: -uros
• Syllabification: a‧man‧sa‧bu‧rros

Noun

amansaburros m (plural amansaburros)

1. (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) dictionary; lexicon; vocabulary

   Synonyms: dicionario, mataburros

Further reading

• “amansaburros”, 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
• “amansaburros” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010