de narices

Spanish

Alternative forms

• de dos pares de narices

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /de naˈɾiθes/ [d̪e naˈɾi.θes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /de naˈɾises/ [d̪e naˈɾi.ses]
• Syllabification: de na‧ri‧ces

Adjective

de narices (invariable)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) used as an intensifier; huge, big

   es un lío de narices ― it's a huge problem

Further reading

• “de narices”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28