enchufado

Spanish

Etymology

From enchufar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ent͡ʃuˈfado/ [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃuˈfa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: en‧chu‧fa‧do

Noun

enchufado m (plural enchufados, feminine enchufada, feminine plural enchufadas)

1. a person who had obtained his job by influence or recommendation, not for his own merits because has connections or friends in high places

Related terms

• enchufar
• enchufe m
• enchufismo m
• enchufista m or f by sense
• tener enchufe

Participle

enchufado (feminine enchufada, masculine plural enchufados, feminine plural enchufadas)

1. past participle of enchufar

Further reading

• “enchufado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10