chisgarabís
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[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]chisgarabís m or f by sense (plural chisgarabises)
- whippersnapper; young'un
- Synonym: chiquilicuatre
- 2017 July 14, “La neurótica red de espejos”, in Vanguardia[1]:
- Y cuando digo “personaje público” no me refiero a cualquier chisgarabís de esos que creen serlo porque salen en televisión o posan con ropa ligera en las revistas.
- And when I say "public character" I'm not referring to just any old whippersnapper who thinks they've made it because they've been on the telly or appeared scantily clad in magazines.
Further reading
[edit]- “chisgarabís”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014