despelote

See also: despeloté

Spanish

Etymology 1

Deverbal from despelotar (literally “de-balling”), meaning chaos resulting from testicle removal.

Noun

despelote m (plural despelotes)

1. (Latin America) fracas or hot mess

Etymology 2

Verb

despelote

1. inflection of despelotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “despelote”, 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