despapaye

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from despapayar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /despaˈpaʝe/ [d̪es.paˈpa.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /despaˈpaʝe/ [d̪es.paˈpa.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /despaˈpaʃe/ [d̪es.paˈpa.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /despaˈpaʒe/ [d̪es.paˈpa.ʒe]

• Rhymes: -aʝe
• Syllabification: des‧pa‧pa‧ye

Noun

despapaye m (plural despapayes)

1. (Costa Rica, Mexico, colloquial) mess, disorder
2. (Honduras, Mexico, colloquial) party, partying, shindig

Further reading

• “despapaye”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28