avispero

Spanish

Etymology

From avispa +‎ -ero. Compare Portuguese vespeiro, Catalan vesper, Occitan vespièr, French guêpier, Romanian viespar, Italian vespaio, Friulian gjespâr.

Noun

avispero m (plural avisperos)

1. wasp nest
2. (colloquial) complicated mess

Further reading

• “avispero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16