apajuilado

Spanish

Etymology

From apajuilarse +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaxwiˈlado/ [a.pa.xwiˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧jui‧la‧do

Adjective

apajuilado (feminine apajuilada, masculine plural apajuilados, feminine plural apajuiladas) (colloquial, now uncommon)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, of a person) foolish; dumb
2. (Honduras, El Salvador) sad, downcast, moody
3. (Honduras) ashamed; embarrassed

Further reading

• “apajuilado”, 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
• “apajuilado”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010